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

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From: Jim choate <ravage@bga.com>
To: m5@vail.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
Message Hash: a18c82eb194ad3f8ed977b4f8e212e23b7eb9d86d113cd7cc28bf03a01eda004
Message ID: <199403302039.AA07880@zoom.bga.com>
Reply To: <9403301800.AA19557@vail.tivoli.com>
UTC Datetime: 1994-03-30 20:39:29 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 30 Mar 94 12:39:29 PST

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From: Jim choate <ravage@bga.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 94 12:39:29 PST
To: m5@vail.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
Subject: Re: Crypto and new computing strategies
In-Reply-To: <9403301800.AA19557@vail.tivoli.com>
Message-ID: <199403302039.AA07880@zoom.bga.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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> 
Mathematics as you and I use to solve most real-world problem don't always
work w/ quantum mechanics. It is one of the problems w/ this field.

I am not a physicist but am trying to go to school and get a degree in it.

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