Integrating the new CMake based build process#26

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Commits on Nov 3, 2020

Initial commit of the files to transition the build process to using the CMake tool
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Commits on Nov 9, 2020

Commiting the bulk of the CMake build transition config files -- It still fails with a GMP related linker error (to be fixed later)
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Commits on Dec 15, 2020

Fixing Svetlana's excellent catch via issue #27
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