Re: the naked q hypothesis

From: Amara Graps (Amara.Graps@mpi-hd.mpg.de)
Date: Tue Oct 09 2001 - 02:47:55 MDT


Mikael Johansson, Mon Oct 08, 2001 :
>How about Q -- the set of all rational numbers, or F_q, (where q=2^p), one
> of the more common elements of cryptographic groups?

Or how about:
Q == optical constant in the Light Presure force (Astrophysics)
Q == charge of a body (Electrodynamics)
Q == amount of energy carried by a seismic wave (Geophysics)

Amara

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