1st Edition
Mathematical Foundations of Blockchains Fundamentals, Volume 1
Preface List of Commonly Used Sets Part I. Overview of Blockchains 1. Introduction to Blockchains 2. Blockchain Architecture 3. Blockchain Economics, Security, and Applications 4. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Algorand Blockchains Part II. Essential Elements of Blockchains 5. Consensus Protocols in Distributed Computing Systems 6. Blockchain Cryptography 7. Digital Currencies 8. Introduction to Decentralized Finance 9. Introduction to Game Theory 10. Post-Quantum Cryptography Part III. Mathematics for Blockchains 11. Sets, Functions, and Number Theory 12. Algebra, and Analysis 13. Matrices, Determinants, and Graph Theory 14. Probability Theory 15. Stochastic Processes, and Some Applications Part IV. Miscellaneous Bibliography Index
Biography
Nirdosh Bhatnagar works in both academia and industry in Silicon Valley, California. He is also the author of two comprehensive two-volume works, Mathematical Principles of the Internet and Introduction to Wavelet Transforms published by CRC Press. Nirdosh earned a MSc in Operations Research and MSc and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, California.
