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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3292109, member: 57463"]Your Prime Number registry set was an unexpected and pleasant surprise. Thanks. I read the topic posts here in CoinTalk and followed the link to your PCGS page. I also printed it as a PDF and archived it. I have a special interest in prime numbers.</p><p>(<i>The Code Book</i> on my blog here: <a href="https://necessaryfacts.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-code-book.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://necessaryfacts.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-code-book.html" rel="nofollow">https://necessaryfacts.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-code-book.html</a>) Primes are important to the creation of public key (asymmetric) cryptosystems. Basically, you start with two large primes, multiply them, and get a key number. Factoring that number back down to its primes is computationally difficult. We use this to secure bank transactions and to connect two cellphones for a call and to protect the passwords of BBS users among a lot of other stuff. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, good luck with your set, and thanks, again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3292109, member: 57463"]Your Prime Number registry set was an unexpected and pleasant surprise. Thanks. I read the topic posts here in CoinTalk and followed the link to your PCGS page. I also printed it as a PDF and archived it. I have a special interest in prime numbers. ([I]The Code Book[/I] on my blog here: [url]https://necessaryfacts.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-code-book.html[/url]) Primes are important to the creation of public key (asymmetric) cryptosystems. Basically, you start with two large primes, multiply them, and get a key number. Factoring that number back down to its primes is computationally difficult. We use this to secure bank transactions and to connect two cellphones for a call and to protect the passwords of BBS users among a lot of other stuff. Anyway, good luck with your set, and thanks, again.[/QUOTE]
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