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Not only expert in Cryptography but also math progidy, Bo-Yin Yang was a mathematics prodigy in Taiwan. The competition is just best for people who already good
by eugenejen 17y ago
Not only expert in Cryptography but also math progidy, Bo-Yin Yang was a mathematics prodigy in Taiwan. The competition is just best for people who already good at problem solving in the domain.
- brown9-2 17y agoIsn't that true of most competitions?
- Periodic 17y agoI'm not really sure what you mean about best at solving problems in this domain. This was a brute force problem, so the only real skill was in making it as fast as possible. I don't think it was any secret techniques, but rather that they happened to be a group sitting on the right tools at the right time and with a little bit of luck. You can't infer after the fact that it was their genius and domain knowledge that gave them the win, for I'm sure there were many other groups with geniuses and domain knowledge that didn't win, as well as some without the domain knowledge that just didn't get as lucky.