Attacking a slew of calculus problems the night before a quiz is never my idea of a good time, but on a recent Saturday night, one problem in particular drew my ire — then, the more I mulled over it, ...

Algebraic structures are fundamental mathematical entities defined by sets equipped with operations that satisfy specific axioms, such as groups, rings, and fields. Function spaces, by contrast, are ...

American Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 101, No. 4 (Aug., 1979), pp. 743-759 (17 pages) The elementary functions of a complex variable z are those functions built up from the rational functions of z by ...

Boolean functions form the backbone of modern cryptographic systems, serving as essential components in the design of stream ciphers, block ciphers, and other security protocols. Their inherent ...