Published inCantor’s ParadiseCan You Break This Encryption Invented In 1467?Exploring the Alberti Cipher and the Rotor Machines it InspiredAug 16, 2023A response icon1Aug 16, 2023A response icon1
Published inCantor’s ParadiseThe Math Behind 17th Century Bell RingingIt’s deeper than you might think.Mar 2, 2023A response icon1Mar 2, 2023A response icon1
Published inCantor’s ParadiseExplaining P vs. NPAn overview of one of the most important unsolved problems in theoretical computer science and mathematicsDec 12, 2022Dec 12, 2022
Published inCantor’s ParadiseAn 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?Jun 8, 2022Jun 8, 2022
Published inCantor’s ParadiseThis Encryption is Impossible to Break, Even with a Quantum Computer…and it was invented in 1882.May 18, 2022A response icon10May 18, 2022A response icon10
Published inCantor’s ParadiseThe 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?Apr 24, 2022A response icon3Apr 24, 2022A response icon3
Published inCantor’s ParadiseTurán’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 unsolvedMar 23, 2022A response icon1Mar 23, 2022A response icon1
Published inCantor’s ParadiseCould 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.Feb 12, 2021A response icon1Feb 12, 2021A response icon1
Published inCantor’s ParadiseThe Cycle Double Cover ConjectureDelving into a deceptively simple-sounding problem that has gone unsolved for decades.Oct 3, 2020A response icon1Oct 3, 2020A response icon1
