updates the version to v1.1.3

Author: Yuriy Polyakov

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ project (OpenFHE C CXX)
 
 set(OPENFHE_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(OPENFHE_VERSION_MINOR 1)
-set(OPENFHE_VERSION_PATCH 2)
+set(OPENFHE_VERSION_PATCH 3)
 set(OPENFHE_VERSION ${OPENFHE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENFHE_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENFHE_VERSION_PATCH})
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)

docs/static_docs/Release_Notes.md

@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+03/04/2024: OpenFHE 1.1.3 (stable) is released
+
+* One internal map is now used for all rotation keys, which reduces memory footprint and key generation time for BGV-like schemes (#546)
+* New mechanism for OpenFHE exceptions is added; the old one is still available, but will be removed in a later major release (#668)
+* Low-level optimizations for polynomial arithmetic (minor efficiency improvements for BGV-like schemes)
+* Scheme switching code improvements; note that the API for scheme switching has changed! (#631)
+* Improves runtime for systems with a large number of threads/cores (#617)
+* Fast rotations are now fully operations in BFV (#569)
+* Includes fixes for 18 bugs
+
+The detailed list of changes is available at https://github.com/openfheorg/openfhe-development/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22Release+1.1.3%22
+
 12/16/2023: OpenFHE 1.1.2 (stable) is released
 
 * Improves the performance of secret-key encryption and key generation for all schemes (#598)