cr.yp.to update
[email protected] 22 May 2006 06:23:06 -0000
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transposition.html | 8 ++++++-- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -ru .old-crypto/transposition.html cr.yp.to/transposition.html --- .old-crypto/transposition.html 2004-10-11 19:50:02.000000000 -0400 +++ cr.yp.to/transposition.html 2006-05-17 20:33:17.000000000 -0400 @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ 4617x = 4105x + 512x, 9298x = 4617x + 4617x + 64x, 31415x = 4097x + 4105x + 4617x + 9298x + 9298x). -<h2>History of the transposition principle</h2> +<h2>Inventions and reinventions of the transposition principle</h2> 1956: One can build electrical circuits to perform linear computations. <a href="bib/entries.html#1956/bordewijk">Bordewijk</a> @@ -320,7 +320,11 @@ Fiduccia had published years earlier (never mind Bordewijk), so Kaminski, Kirkpatrick, and Bshouty don't deserve any credit. -<h2>Revisionist history of the transposition principle</h2> +<p> +I don't claim that this list is comprehensive: +for example, +a paper of Fischer and Warsitz lists several Jac(f) references going back to 1970. +<h2>Misattributions of the transposition principle</h2> A few people credit the transposition principle to Tellegen: <ul> <li>