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Explained from First Principles
The Internet explained from first principles
Learn more about this critical infrastructure, which you likely use for hours every day.
Nothing about email is simple – except maybe the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). I know this because I studied email for months. Here's what I found: https://ef1p.com/email
Explained from First Principles
Email explained from first principles
Modern email is a patchwork of protocols and extensions. Here is one article to understand them all.
Number theory is not just the most beautiful area of mathematics, it also underpins our modern communication infrastructure: https://explained-from-first-principles.com/number-theory/
Explained from First Principles
Number theory explained from first principles
A lot of modern cryptography builds on insights from number theory, which has been studied for centuries.