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One-way function

In computer science, a one-way function is a function that is easy to compute on every input, but hard to invert given the image of a random input. Here, "easy" and "hard" are to be understood in the sense of computational complexity theory, specifically the theory of polynomial time problems. This has nothing to do with whether the function is…

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related to Further reading · 15
One-way function → Addison Wesley, Christos Papadimitriou, Computation, Computational Complexity, CRC Press, Introduction, ISBN, Jonathan Katz, Michael Sipser, Modern Cryptography, One-way, PWS Publishing, Section, Theory, Yehuda Lindell
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related to The Rabin function (modular squaring) · 6
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One-way function → function that is easy to compute on every input

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One-way functionrelated to Further readingYehuda Lindell0.60section
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One-way functionrelated to Further readingMichael Sipser0.60section
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