InCantor’s ParadisebyS.W. Bowen·Aug 16, 2023Can You Break This Encryption Invented In 1467?Exploring the Alberti Cipher and the Rotor Machines it InspiredA response icon1A response icon1
InCantor’s ParadisebyS.W. Bowen·Mar 2, 2023The Math Behind 17th Century Bell RingingIt’s deeper than you might think.A response icon1A response icon1
InCantor’s ParadisebyS.W. Bowen·Dec 12, 2022Explaining P vs. NPAn overview of one of the most important unsolved problems in theoretical computer science and mathematics
InCantor’s ParadisebyS.W. Bowen·Jun 8, 2022An Elegant Proof of a Tiling TheoremIf every rectangular tile has at least one side of integer length, must the tiled rectangle also have at least one integer-length side?
InCantor’s ParadisebyS.W. Bowen·May 18, 2022This Encryption is Impossible to Break, Even with a Quantum Computer…and it was invented in 1882.A response icon10A response icon10
InCantor’s ParadisebyS.W. Bowen·Apr 24, 2022The Friendship TheoremIf everyone in a city has exactly one friend in common with every other resident, must there be someone who is friends with all residents?A response icon3A response icon3
InCantor’s ParadisebyS.W. Bowen·Mar 23, 2022Turán’s Brick Factory ProblemHow a mathematician’s time in a forced labor camp during WW2 led to the discovery of a graph theory problem that still remains unsolvedA response icon1A response icon1
InCantor’s ParadisebyS.W. Bowen·Feb 12, 2021Could We Break RSA Encryption Without A Quantum Computer?We discuss a range of classical integer factorization algorithms and explore their future in the face of Shor’s algorithm.A response icon1A response icon1
InCantor’s ParadisebyS.W. Bowen·Oct 3, 2020The Cycle Double Cover ConjectureDelving into a deceptively simple-sounding problem that has gone unsolved for decades.A response icon1A response icon1