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This is a blog where a professor from Northeastern University's Math department posts mathematical comments on the television show "Numb3rs". To comment, write to bridger@neu.edu.
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March 2, 2005
A week or so ago we were talking about primes, factoring and decoding. Here is a discussion, written by a colleague, of the Public Key Encryption technique known as RSA. It will give you some idea of why hackers would love to be able to factor large numbers into primes.
http://www.atsweb.neu.edu/math/cp/blog/RSA.htmMarch 1, 2005
At the beginning of this week's episode, physicist Larry Fleinhardt slips into Charlie's office seeking to avoid Laura Wilson (History of Science prof). After a long and platonic relationship they have had a "perfect" moment of physical ... uh ... connection, which Larry is certain can never be recreated. According to Larry, the odds are too great against it every happening again... continued »