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Sonbull
1 month ago
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Given a 5x5 matrix for Playfair cipher a. How many possible keys does the Playfair cipher have? Ignore the fact that some keys m

ight produce identical encryption results. Express your answer as an approximate power of 2. b. Now take into account the fact that some Playfair keys produce the same encryption results. How many effectively unique keys does the Playfair cipher have?
Engineering
1 answer:
alex41 [359]1 month ago
6 0

Answer:

a. 25! = 2^{84}(Approximately)

b. 24!

Explanation:

a. In a Playfair cipher, there are 25 keys available because it is structured in a 5 * 4 grid. By using permutations to enumerate all potential configurations, we derive: 25! = 1.551121004×10²⁵ = 2^{84}

Although there are 26 letters available, in the Playfair cipher, the letters 'i' and 'j' are treated as a single letter.

b. Considering any configuration of 5x5, each of the four row shifts yields equivalent configurations, amounting to five total equivalencies. Similarly, for each of these five setups, any of the four column shifts also results in equivalent arrangements. Therefore, each configuration corresponds to 25 equivalent arrangements. Consequently, the total count of distinct keys can be expressed as:

25!/25 = 24! = 6.204484017×10²³

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