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1994-03-30 - Re: Crypto and new computing strategies

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From: m5@vail.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
To: Jim choate <ravage@bga.com>
Message Hash: 9877f444d02c45210450ddb62c9b39cfd9e61dc04a77b3fcfe47fe9cb836f7de
Message ID: <9403301800.AA19557@vail.tivoli.com>
Reply To: <199403301756.AA01088@zoom.bga.com>
UTC Datetime: 1994-03-30 19:12:31 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 30 Mar 94 11:12:31 PST

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From: m5@vail.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 94 11:12:31 PST
To: Jim choate <ravage@bga.com>
Subject: Re: Crypto and new computing strategies
In-Reply-To: <199403301756.AA01088@zoom.bga.com>
Message-ID: <9403301800.AA19557@vail.tivoli.com>
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Jim choate writes:
 > The problem w/ the whole N - NP approach 

P - NP
			
 >                                            is that is assumes that the QM
 > model behaves as we would expect it to, it doesn't. I think this is one of
 > those assumptions that are better left un-made. I have worked w/ enough QM
 > projects throug UT and Discovery Hall (Dr. Turner and Dr. Prigogine) that
 > I am not comfortable assuming the QM world even cares about the N or NP
 > issues we are debating.

It sounds as if you're claiming that mathematics as we know it does
not apply when dealing with quantum effects.  I suggest that this is a
strong statement, and I add that I see no reason to believe it.  At
the same time, I'm neither a mathematician or a physicist.

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