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ares623last Friday at 6:22 PM1 replyview on HN

How do you know if it came to the right answer?


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mcswelllast Friday at 6:50 PM

It's not always the case, but often verifying an answer is far easier than coming up with the answer in the first place. That's precisely the principle behind the RSA algorithm for cryptography.

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