Re: Combinations & Permutations..... sort of

At one time I thought about a math major but didn't pursue it. Might be a good thing - Vern's examples made my head hurt.
So, probably no danger of me breaking the world's encryption. <vbg>

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:24:09 -0400
From: raul@xxxxxxxxxx
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Combinations & Permutations..... sort of

Solving a "NP Complete" problem will have very big consecuences for the
IT world. As one thing: it will rend useless all the more used ecryption
systems.

Se http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NP-complete


On 09/30/2014 12:13 PM, Roger Harman wrote:

Unfortunately, the age cutoff for the Fields medal has long passed.....

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:04:08 -0400
Subject: Re: Combinations & Permutations..... sort of
From: gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Raul A Jager W <raul@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If you can find an efficient solution, you will deserv a "Nobel price"

More likely, you'll get a Turing Award, which is roughly equivalent to
a Nobel Prize, but for computer science. Or, you might instead get a
Fields Medal if you're young enough; or an Abel Prize if you're not
young enough for the Fields. (Sometimes, the Nobel Prize in economics
amounts to a kind of "math Nobel", so if you do get a Nobel for
solving this, it would be that one.)

John Y.
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