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Additive Combinatorics and Discrete Logarithm Based Range Protocols

We show how to express an arbitrary integer interval

I = [0, H]

as a sumset

I = \sum_{i=1}^\ell G_i * [0, u - 1] + [0, H']

of smaller integer intervals for some small values

\ell

,

u

, and

H' < u - 1

, where

b * A = \{b a : a \in A\}

and $A + B = ...

Springer2010

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Revocation Games in Ephemeral Networks

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The Effect of Membership Rules and Voting Schemes on the Success of International Climate Agreements

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The Fiscal Politics of Big Governments: Do Coalitions Matter?

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Additive Combinatorics and Discrete Logarithm Based Range Protocols

Multi-Atlas based Segmentation of Head and Neck CT Images using Active Contour Framework

Interval consensus: from quantized gossip to voting

'I pay enough taxes already!' Applying economic voting models to environmental referendums

Voting on the Environment: Price or Ideology? Evidence from Swiss Referendums

Does Strategic Voting Undermine the Success of an International Environmental Agreement?

Revocation Games in Ephemeral Networks

The Effect of Membership Rules and Voting Schemes on the Success of International Climate Agreements

Fast Non-Blocking Atomic Commit: An Inherent Trade-off

The Fiscal Politics of Big Governments: Do Coalitions Matter?

Multi-Atlas based Segmentation of Head and Neck CT Images using Active Contour Framework

Additive Combinatorics and Discrete Logarithm Based Range Protocols

'I pay enough taxes already!' Applying economic voting models to environmental referendums

Does Strategic Voting Undermine the Success of an International Environmental Agreement?

Interval consensus: from quantized gossip to voting

The Effect of Membership Rules and Voting Schemes on the Success of International Climate Agreements

Fast Non-Blocking Atomic Commit: An Inherent Trade-off

Voting on the Environment: Price or Ideology? Evidence from Swiss Referendums

Revocation Games in Ephemeral Networks

The Fiscal Politics of Big Governments: Do Coalitions Matter?