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30 Nov 1977
RSA algorithm |
RSA algorithm (computer science) The RSA algorithm for public-key cryptography, based on the factoring problem, is first publicly described by Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman. |
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30 Nov 1977
Byerlee's law |
Byerlee's law (geophysics) James Byerlee determines Byerlee's law which gives the stress circumstances in the Earth's crust at which fracturing along a geological fault takes place. |
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30 Nov 1977
genetic disorder |
genetic disorder (medicine) The rare genetic disorder Pitt–Hopkins syndrome is first described. |
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30 Nov 1977
Russian |
Russian (medicine) Russian scientist Victor Skumin first describes "cardioprosthetic psychopathological syndrome", later known as Skumin syndrome, a form of anxiety suffered by recipients of artificial heart valves. |
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30 Nov 1977
Fields Prize in Mathematics |
Fields Prize in Mathematics (awards) Fields Prize in Mathematics: Pierre Deligne, Charles Fefferman, Grigory Margulis and Daniel Quillen |
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30 Nov 1977
Turing Award |
Turing Award (awards) Turing Award – Robert Floyd |