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Re:A New Generation of Mathematicians Pushes Prime Number Ba... by creata on Sunday October 29, 2023 @07:30AM (#38057534)
Doesn't RSA typically settle for numbers that are probably prime?
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Re:A New Generation of Mathematicians Pushes Prime Number Ba... by akarve on Sunday October 29, 2023 @07:40AM (#38057589)
Technically I think so, so there’s a tiny bit of faith for RSA but absolutely none for primality in general https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AKS_primality_test
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