1. I guess I am still a little confused when it comes to this kind of stuff because a lot of it all the sudden is "often we use this - choose random this - go until you decide to stop" I know that it is because of how difficult everything is, but I am just so used to math being exact always. How will I decide when I should stop?
2. It's a little crazy how hard it really is to factor large primes. In this age of computers, it surprising th think that it really is an issue. I feel like I just grew up thinking computers could do anything you wanted. The book mentions a quantum computer being used to help factor primes quickly. I am pretty sure that is what everyone thinks they have done at the NSA facility here in Utah. That would definitely be interesting if they had.
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