Talk:Subgroup distortion

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 22:13, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

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• ... that the distortion associated with extra symmetries can be complicated enough to encode text? Source: Chatterji, Indira; Kahrobaei, Delaram; Ni Yen Lu (2016). "Cryptosystems using subgroup distortion". arXiv:1610.07515
  • ALT1: ... that the distortion associated with extra symmetries can be any computable function that doesn't grow too quickly? Source: Theorem 2 in Olshanskii, A. Yu. (1997). "On subgroup distortion in finitely presented groups". Matematicheskiĭ Sbornik. 188 (11): 51–98. Bibcode:1997SbMat.188.1617O. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.115.1717. doi:10.1070/SM1997v188n11ABEH000276. S2CID 250919942.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mihi Edwards
  • Comment: I'm not sure I've explained what subgroup distortion is at an elementary enough level; it's hard to do when most people aren't even familiar with groups.

Moved to mainspace by Bernanke's Crossbow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:30, 29 August 2022 (UTC).

• Yeah, it may be a good idea to try a different hook angle here as right now I don't think regular readers are going to understand either hook very well. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:33, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
• Perhaps:
  • ALT2: ... that Misha Gromov introduced subgroup distortion theory in 1993? Source: Gromov, M. (1993). Asymptotic Invariants of Infinite Groups.

-- RoySmith (talk) 23:37, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

• As for the rest of the review, article is new enough, long enough, no problems with BLP, NPOV, etc. No copyvios detected. QPQ done.
• The paragraph ending with is at least exponentially distorted with base 2 needs a reference. Perhaps it was just meant to be combined with the following sentence? Other than that, no referencing problems.
  • Yes, if the sources for two consecutive paragraphs coincide, then I usually omit the footnotes from the initial paragraph. I've added the duplicate footnotes now. Bernanke's Crossbow (talk) 02:07, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
• The ALT2 hook I added needs to be approved. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:46, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
  • Hmm, ALT2 is certainly comprehensible, but not really interesting. Someone developed a new (and to me, very abstract ^^) mathematical theory in a certain year – I personally would be unlikely to click for more info on that. The original hooks had the opposite problem, they sounded interesting, but already too complicate to understand as a hook. Maybe there's a middle ground somewhere? I find ALT0 to be most interesting, but couldn't verify it in the text. @Bernanke's Crossbow I assume The simplification in a word problem induced by subgroup distortion can be quantified as a cryptosystem is meant to refer to text encoding, but could you re-phrase that in the article so it sounds more like in the hook? And then maybe amend ALT2 with info about its use, like so:
    • ALT2a: ... that subgroup distortion theory, introduced by Misha Gromov in 1993, can help encode text?
  • Let me know what you think, and if it's even accurate. –LordPeterII (talk) 14:49, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
    • @LordPeterII: Your proposal is accurate. I didn't put much effort into that section of the article in my first draft, partly because I had trouble understanding the source. Now that it's turning out to be important, I went back; found a new source or two; and wrote up the details with much more care. Let me know if the connection between ALT2a and the text remains ambiguous. Bernanke's Crossbow (talk) 23:07, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
      • Need another reviewer to approve ALT2a, maybe @RoySmith? If you agree, that is. –LordPeterII (talk) 07:35, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
        • ALT2a sounds good to me. -- RoySmith (talk) 12:23, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
          • Cool. I've struck the other ones. –LordPeterII (talk) 14:21, 14 September 2022 (UTC)