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		dhosek on Aug 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Breakthrough a step toward revealing hidden struct... I remember telling my high school students that if they found an efficient way to factor large numbers, they would destroy capitalism and a large number of them got very excited about number theory after that.

jaystraw on Aug 3, 2024 [–]

i'm glad they got excited about number theory, but how would improved factoring algorithms destroy capitalism??

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