Bostin, Joseph D.

Document, Newberry Court House South Carolina - Commissioning of Joseph D. Bostin as Attorney Solicitor and Counsellor in the circuit & probate courts of the State of South Carolina. Taken from originals in the History Dept at Howard University by George Miller.https://dh.howard.edu/og_gov/1007/thumbnail.jp

Random Tilings: Concepts and Examples

We introduce a concept for random tilings which, comprising the conventional one, is also applicable to tiling ensembles without height representation. In particular, we focus on the random tiling entropy as a function of the tile densities. In this context, and under rather mild assumptions, we prove a generalization of the first random tiling hypothesis which connects the maximum of the entropy with the symmetry of the ensemble. Explicit examples are obtained through the re-interpretation of several exactly solvable models. This also leads to a counterexample to the analogue of the second random tiling hypothesis about the form of the entropy function near its maximum.Comment: 32 pages, 42 eps-figures, Latex2e updated version, minor grammatical change

Diffractive point sets with entropy

After a brief historical survey, the paper introduces the notion of entropic model sets (cut and project sets), and, more generally, the notion of diffractive point sets with entropy. Such sets may be thought of as generalizations of lattice gases. We show that taking the site occupation of a model set stochastically results, with probabilistic certainty, in well-defined diffractive properties augmented by a constant diffuse background. We discuss both the case of independent, but identically distributed (i.i.d.) random variables and that of independent, but different (i.e., site dependent) random variables. Several examples are shown.Comment: 25 pages; dedicated to Hans-Ude Nissen on the occasion of his 65th birthday; final version, some minor addition

Volume 13, Number 7 – April 1933

Volume 13, Number 7 – April 1933. 22 pages including covers and advertisements. Connolly, Paul F., It\u27s More Fun to Know McGuiness, Joseph D., The Boar of the Borgias LaCroix, John L., Easter Gossip Challenge The End of Time Murray, Herbert F., Age to Youth Shunney, Walter J., Lament Men Who Know, Seeing Red-And Other Things Editorials Higgins, Daniel J., Merely Players Haylon, William D., Checkerboard Skenyon, Francis J., Athletics Who\u27s Who Herei

A suite of quantum algorithms for the shortestvector problem

Crytography has come to be an essential part of the cybersecurity infrastructure that provides a safe environment for communications in an increasingly connected world. The advent of quantum computing poses a threat to the foundations of the current widely-used cryptographic model, due to the breaking of most of the cryptographic algorithms used to provide confidentiality, authenticity, and more. Consequently a new set of cryptographic protocols have been designed to be secure against quantum computers, and are collectively known as post-quantum cryptography (PQC). A forerunner among PQC is lattice-based cryptography, whose security relies upon the hardness of a number of closely related mathematical problems, one of which is known as the shortest vector problem (SVP). In this thesis I describe a suite of quantum algorithms that utilize the energy minimization principle to attack the shortest vector problem. The algorithms outlined span the gate-model and continuous time quantum computing, and explore methods of parameter optimization via variational methods, which are thought to be effective on near-term quantum computers. The performance of the algorithms are analyzed numerically, analytically, and on quantum hardware where possible. I explain how the results obtained in the pursuit of solving SVP apply more broadly to quantum algorithms seeking to solve general real-world problems; minimize the effect of noise on imperfect hardware; and improve efficiency of parameter optimization.Open Acces

Joseph D. Bates Jr. Correspondence

Entries include a typed letter of presentation for Bates, from the publisher Little, Brown & Compan

Kowalkowski, Joseph D. (1861 - 1918)

This biographical summary was created by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1936 and 1939

The Contemplative Counselor: A Way of Being (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2011)

Reviewed by Joseph D. Driskill

Volume 32, Number 2 - February 1953

Volume 32, Number 2 - February 1953. 58 pages including covers and advertisements. Editorial Karl, David J., The Epitaph Gervais, Wilton E., The Bos\u27n\u27s Chair Griffin, Phil, The Other Dempsey Martiska, John, They Are Also Catholics Murphy, Richard, True To Life Hoye, Robert E., The Catholic Family and Education Gomes, Joseph D., The Question Pothin, Paul F., My Silent World Gomes, Joseph D., The Outboard Gnys, Charles W., Blackfire Postscript