From cbbd90d63b069cdb54ee34debf3ea2e4f4988a8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: clenser Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 12:58:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Edited ch08_signatures.adoc with Atlas code editor --- ch08_signatures.adoc | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ch08_signatures.adoc b/ch08_signatures.adoc index 48d3082f..a312eda3 100644 --- a/ch08_signatures.adoc +++ b/ch08_signatures.adoc @@ -302,17 +302,17 @@ Provable security:: computers). Linearity:: - Schnorr signatures have a property that mathematicians call + Schnorr signatures have a property that mathematicians ((("linearity")))call _linearity_, which applies to functions with two particular properties. The first property is that summing together two or more variables and then running a function on that sum will produce the same value as running the function on each of the variables independently and then summing together the results, e.g., - +f(x + y + z) == f(x) + f(y) + f(z)+; this property is called + +f(x + y + z) == f(x) + f(y) + f(z)+; this property is((("additivity"))) called _additivity_. The second property is that multiplying a variable and then running a function on that product will produce the same value as running the function on the variable and then multiplying it by the - same amount, e.g., +f(a * x) == a * f(x)+; this property is called + same amount, e.g., +f(a * x) == a * f(x)+; this property is ((("homogeneity of degree 1")))called _homogeneity of degree 1_. + In cryptographic operations, some functions may be private (such