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README.md

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 HElib
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-An Implementation of homomorphic encryption
+HElib is a software library that implements homomorphic encryption (HE). Currently available is an implementation of the [Brakerski-Gentry-Vaikuntanathan] [1] (BGV) scheme, along with many optimizations to make homomorphic evaluation runs faster, focusing mostly on effective use of the [Smart-Vercauteren] [2] ciphertext packing techniques and the [Gentry-Halevi-Smart] [3] optimizations.
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+This library is written in C++ and uses the [NTL mathematical library] [4]. It is distributed under the terms of the [GNU General Public License] [5] (GPL).
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+  [1]: http://eprint.iacr.org/2011/277       "BGV12"
+  [2]: http://eprint.iacr.org/2011/133       "SV11"
+  [3]: http://eprint.iacr.org/2012/099       "GHS12"
+  [4]: http://www.shoup.net/ntl/             "NTL"
+  [5]: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html  "GPL"

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