It would be a breakthrough of Gaussian proportions, and allow us to acquire the solution in a dramatically more efficient manner.
11 seconds sound clip from the Sneakers movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:22:09.378 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Over the rationals and, hence, contained in a single cyclotomic field.
- Shh!
- These maps could then be used to combine splitting information from all the fields.
- This isn't just about large number theory. It's about cryptography.
- Shh!
- The numbers are so unbelievably big, that all the computers in the world could not break them down.
- But maybe, just maybe there's a shortcut.
- I'll bet you anything he's found it. If he has, you're in over your head. I'll get my coat.
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