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I would like to discuss the Jordan curve theorem as part of an intrinsic human activity: storytelling. The Jordan Curve Theorem as a Lusona Allechar Serrano López Harvard University Introduction The Jordan curve theorem is a result in topology that states that every Jordan curve (a plane simple closed curve)Read More →

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Mathematically, the most intriguing of the new proposals use lattices for message encryption… What will they do when quantum computers start working? Bill Casselman University of British Columbia Commercial transactions on the internet are invariably passed through a process that hides them from unauthorized parties, using RSA public key encryptionRead More →