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Re:The Merge by lottin on Sunday August 21, 2022 @04:11AM (#32538281)
The fact that there isn't a closed-form solution doesn't make it a complex mathematical problem.

Guessing a number isn't a complex mathematical number, it's just guessing a number.

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Re:The Merge by fzfaa on Sunday August 21, 2022 @06:15AM (#32538801)
afaik the solution that has to be "guessed" is not random. We just don't know how to get to it without brute force.
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Re:The Merge by WFHRenaissance on Sunday August 21, 2022 @06:28AM (#32538845)
Brute-force solutions are still solutions :)
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