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Math Puzzle Solution Could Impact Encryption Codes

By Noah Adams,
Ira Flatow
Published September 8, 2004 at 11:00 PM CDT

NPR's Noah Adams speaks with NPR's Ira Flatow, host of Talk of the Nation Science Friday, about a mathematician's claim that he has solved one of the seven toughest problems in mathematics. The solution to the Riemann hypothesis could have implications for the security of the Internet.

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Noah Adams
Noah Adams, long-time co-host of NPR's All Things Considered, brings more than three decades of radio experience to his current job as a contributing correspondent for NPR's National Desk., focusing on the low-wage workforce, farm issues, and the Katrina aftermath. Now based in Ohio, he travels extensively for his reporting assignments, a position he's held since 2003.
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