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  1. W.F. Friedman. The Index of Coincidence and its Applications in Cryptology. Dept. of Ciphers Publ. 22, Illinois, 1922.

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  2. L.S. Hill. Cryptography in an algebraic alphabet. Amer. Math. Monthly 36 (1929) 306-311.

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  3. L.S. Hill. Concerning certain linear transformation apparatus of cryptography. Amer. Math. Monthly 38 (1931) 135-154.

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Biggs, N.L. (2008). The development of cryptography. In: Codes: An Introduction to Information Communication and Cryptography. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-273-9_11

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