Yes, although Satoshi's white paper didn't have too much algebra...or did it? But I think you're right but I don't really have a grasp of the maths...so...hard for me to say much

The day I see something comparable to this (excerpt from the Bitcoin whitepaper) in an altcoin whitepaper is the day I will do a little dance around the room;)

ok that seems a fair call...but maybe more will be apparent if and when XC is open?
Thanks again for your reply, its appreciated

Absolutely - once things are fully open and there's a whitepaper then there can be a discussion around the validity and correctness of the mathematics and cryptography presented in the whitepaper, as well as a discussion as to whether the code correctly adheres to the principles in the whitepaper.