Cornell University Library. Catalogue of the Petrarch Collection Bequeathed by Willard Fiske. Mary Fowler , Willard Fiske

Willard Thompson

Complexity theory has a profound influence on the field of cryptology. The time complexity of breaking a cipher system must be significant enough to thwart any adversary from succeeding. However, with the emergence of quantum computers an adversary may have no difficulty in breaking known cipher systems. If quantum computers would exist today new mechanisms for security would need to be built. ...

Fiske-amplified superfluid interferometry

We report an experimental demonstration of signal amplification for a superfluid He interferometer by allowing the matter waves from two Josephson mass current sources to interact with the resonances within the experimental cell. We characterize the interferometer using an external phase shift and demonstrate a 30-fold enhancement in intrinsic phase sensitivity. We also demonstrate a truly cont...

Willard Burr Soper

Samual Willard: An Unreliable Narrator

Willard E. Goodwin: educator, innovator and pioneer.

Willard E. Goodwin was born to Willard and Olive (Belt) Goodwin on July 24, 1915 in Los Angeles, California and died on July 22, 1998, just 2 days short of his 83rd birthday (fig. 1). Willard and his younger brother by 8 years, Donald A. Goodwin, grew up in La Cañada, California, an area just outside of Pasadena in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, where their nearest neighbors were n...