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Pre-Calculus AP
Cryptography
Objective: decode the secret messages provided by a group of two people using inverse matrix
of the coding matrix given.
Code provided:
2 1 2 3
3 4 2 1
[ ] =A
3 2 1 4
3 1 2 4
Process:
1. Find A^(-1)
2. Multiply given code with A^(-1)
3. Decipher the codes resulting from process #2.
Since AX=B is the same as A^ (-1) B=X, to decode messages, we need to find the inverse of A.
Thus, we find:
−7/4 1/4 −1/2 7/4
3/4 1/12 1/2 −13/12
[ ] = A-1
3/4 1/12 −1/2 −1/12
3/4 −1/4 1/2 −3/4
Then we multiply each matrix of the code provided with A ^ (-1) to get our decoded message :
Results:
[8 20 23 23]
[14 27 23 8]
[24 23 7 27]
[19 4 27 14]
Using the table provided, we find what the secret message is:
Conclusion:
The most basic tools needed for decodification are a table that provides what each letter’s
number is, the codifying matrix, and, preferably, a calculator able to perform matrix operations.
The law of inverse matrices is the most basic law used in Cryptography, which is in what every
other complicated code system relies on.