Mathematical Conversations
Cohomology and cryptography
The Weil pairing is a bilinear form associated to an algebraic curve. I will tell you about it and why it is interesting to cryptographers. Then I'll talk about my (completely unsuccessful) attempts to make an interesting trilinear analogue.
Date & Time
October 06, 2017 | 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Speakers
Affiliation
Stanford University; Distinguished Visiting Professor, School of Mathematics