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Sometimes it feels like cryptology stuff gets invented just to make Number Theorists feel useful
by TchoBeer 5y ago
Sometimes it feels like cryptology stuff gets invented just to make Number Theorists feel useful
- jedberg 5y agoI made a comment above about my friend who is a math professor studying number theory and elliptic curves, and had no idea his work was being use for cryptography. He just liked studying elliptic curves. So I think the number theorists feel plenty useful already. :)
- amelius 5y agoOr because the NSA knows an undisclosed backdoor.