M. Bajard 1 , M. Chevallier 1 , D. Dauvergne 1 , N. Freud 2 , P. Henriquet 1 , S. Karkar 3 , F. Le Foulher 1 , J.M. Létang 2 , R. Plescak 4 , C. Ray 1 , D. Schardt 4 , E. Testa 1# , M. Testa 1 . IPNL, Université de Lyon, F-69003 Lyon; Université Lyon 1 and CNRS/IN2P3, UMR 5822, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France ; 2 Laboratoire de Contrôles Non Destructifs par Rayonnements Ionisants, INSA-Lyon, F-696...

At Eurocrypt 2010, Howgrave-Graham and Joux described an algorithm for solving hard knapsacks of density close to 1 in time Õ(2) and memory Õ(2), thereby improving a 30-year old algorithm by Shamir and Schroeppel. In this paper we extend the Howgrave-Graham– Joux technique to get an algorithm with running time down to Õ(2). An implementation shows the practicability of the technique. Another ch...

Bailey and Crandall [4] recently formulated “Hypothesis A”, a general principle to explain the (conjectured) normality of the binary expansion of constants like π and other related numbers, or more generally the base b expansion of such constants for an integer b ≥ 2. This paper shows that a basic mechanism underlying their principle, which is a relation between single orbits of two discrete dy...

In a recent paper, Aidan Lyon and Mark Colyvan have proposed an explanation of the structure of the bee’s honeycomb based on the mathematical Honeycomb Conjecture. This explanation has instantly become one of the standard examples in the philosophical debate on mathematical explanations of physical phenomena. In this critical note, I argue that the explanation is not scientifically adequate. Th...

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