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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">journal-of-discrete-mathematical-sciences-and-cryptography</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography</journal-title>
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      <issn publication-format="electronic">2169-0065</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">0972-0529</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Taru Publications</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47974/JDMSC-29-10-C-Foreword</article-id>
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        <article-title>Foreword of - Special Issue on - Advances in Discrete Mathematics and Secure Network Technologies (Part-C)</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Poonia</surname>
            <given-names>Ramesh Chandra</given-names>
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          <aff>Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201003, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Goyal</surname>
            <given-names>Ankur</given-names>
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          <aff>Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune Symbiosis International Deemed University, Pune, Maharashtra, 412115, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Dhumane</surname>
            <given-names>Amol</given-names>
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          <aff>Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune Symbiosis International Deemed University, Pune, Maharashtra, 412115, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Rajaboina</surname>
            <given-names>Raja Kumar</given-names>
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          <aff>Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Rajeev Gandhi Memorial College of Engineering and Technology, Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh, 518501, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Prasad</surname>
            <given-names>K. Rajendra</given-names>
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          <aff>Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amity School of Engineering &amp; Technology, Amity University, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500108, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Natarajan</surname>
            <given-names>Arul Kumar</given-names>
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          <aff>Department of Cybersecurity, School of Computing, Samarkand International University of Technology, Samarkand, 140100, Uzbekistan</aff>
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      <volume>29</volume>
      <issue>10-C</issue>
      <fpage>i</fpage>
      <lpage>viii</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>31</day>
        <month>10</month>
        <year>2026</year>
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        <p>This special issue entitled “Advances in Discrete Mathematics and Secure Network Technologies” brings together a comprehensive collection of research papers on current trends in discrete mathematics, algebra, combinatorics, cryptography, coding theory, and secure network technologies. This special issue contains articles that address various aspects of modern discrete mathematics and its applications in cybersecurity. Special attention has been paid to graph theory, algebraic structures, finite fields, finite groups, polynomial rings, combinatorial designs, Boolean functions, hypergraphs, semigroups, and discrete optimization. At the same time, these mathematical tools are applied to various modern cryptographic schemes, including lightweight cryptography, elliptic- and hyperelliptic-curve cryptography, lattice- and isogeny-based cryptography, homomorphic cryptography, threshold cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs, secure multiparty computation, and post-quantum cryptography.</p>
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