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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 17:26:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Bram Cohen
for i = 1 to m do for j = 1 to n do if j is an element of s then R and S store alpha[j][i] end for j S and R set X[i] = xor of stored alpha[j][i] values (k of them) S sends M[i] xor X[i]; R recovers M[i] by xoring with X[i] end for i
Interesting. Something I came up with may be relevant - http://gawth.com/bram/essays/unrelated_xors.html I explained this to Ian Goldberg, who agreed that both conjectures are completely obvious, and also couldn't see a way of proving them. If anyone could forward this around I'd much appreciate it - it seems like worthwile work, but I haven't figured out how to even try to get it published anywhere - even the front outright ignores submissions from people with no academic affiliation. -Bram Cohen "Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent" -- John Maynard Keynes