๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ SLIDE 1: Introduction to Cryptography ๐Ÿ” Matrices in Cryptography Cryptography โ†’ Technique used to protect information from unauthorized access. Two important terms: Term Meaning Plaintext Original readable message Ciphertext Encrypted/unreadable message ๐Ÿ”„ Basic Process Plaintext โ†’ Encryption โ†’ Ciphertext Ciphertext โ†’ Decryption โ†’ Plaintext ๐Ÿ“Œ Where do matrices come in? Matrices can be used to mathematically transform letters into encrypted values. ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ SLIDE 2: How Matrices Help in Encryption ๐Ÿงฎ Matrix as an Encryption Key Step 1: Convert letters โ†’ numbers โฌ‡๏ธ Step 2: Arrange numbers into a matrix โฌ‡๏ธ Step 3: Multiply by a Key Matrix โฌ‡๏ธ Step 4: Get encrypted numbers โ†’ Ciphertext โœจ Simple representation MESSAGE โ†“ Letters โ†’ Numbers โ†“ [ 7 ] [ 4 ] ร— [ Key Matrix ] [ 11 ] โ†“ Encrypted Numbers โ†“ CIPHERTEXT ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ”‘ Key Mathematical Concepts Matrix Multiplication โ€ข Inverse Matrix โ€ข Encryption โ€ข Decryption Bottom line: Matrices turn mathematical operations into a method for encoding information.