/sci/ - Science & Math

>>8538670
>the number is false
gets me every time

>>8464419
this is my favourite. someone should do a dump

>>8425701
he should have copied his post verbatim here. or linked to it.
his reformulation ITT makes no sense.

>Is there encryption OR hashing algorithms that are guaranteed to cycle through all possible options without repetition if you repeatedly pass the output of the algorithm as input?
>What do you computer science nerds call this property (in the general case, not just pertaining to hashing)?
a function that cycles through all members of a finite set is called a cyclic permutation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_permutation

>>8389980

>>8236234
You square d on every iteration

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I'm about to be a senior, pursuing a B.S. in Computer Engineering, plus a minor in Computer Science.

Recently I've been thinking that I want to become more specialized in Computer Engineering, so I was considering doing my school's five-year plan to get my M.S. in CE, and then start working in the industry.

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