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reminds me this good movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_Salesman_(2012_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_Salesman_(2012_film... Guys
by crypto5 10y ago
reminds me this good movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_Salesman_(2012_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_Salesman_(2012_film...
Guys found proof for P = NP, and government declared it as national asset and government secret.
- underyx 10y agoThe wording makes it sound like this is supposed to be a documentary, so to clarify, it's fiction.
- Houshalter 10y agoIf I remember correctly, the government was just offering to pay them for the algorithm. They didn't declare it a secret and force them to sell it. That is why the whole movie was them just debating what they should do with it.
- crypto5 10y agoThey declared. Government agent started explicitly threatening them with multiple felonies for proof disclosure and threatening 4th guy's family if he will not sign papers.
- ikeboy 10y agoThey found it while working for the government iirc
- crypto5 10y agoYes, but whole story is about that initial contract didn't have non-disclosure clause, they planned to publish their result, and government wanted to add it afterwards and force them to sign new papers, and discussion was about that. Also in my understanding initial work was about something else, and P=NP proof was some side result.