MATH 752: Berstein Seminar in Topology (Spring 2006)

Instructor: Tim Riley

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We will study applications of Geometric Group Theory to cryptography. Topics for discussion could include: public key systems (Anshel-Anshel-Goldfeld, Ko-Lee), complexity issues (worst-case, average-case and generic), the word problem, the conjugacy search problem, Thompson's group, Braid groups, matrix groups, Miasnikov's black holes, and the security of the South Korean banking system.

Last modified: October 3, 2005