Thursday, January 03, 2008
JSH: Should be interesting
Any of you ever consider that a mathematical breakthrough that completely changed the scene on RSA encryption could be found and there be quiet?
I did. As this saga has played out and I've learned more and more about the group of people I'm facing I'm less and less surprised by how they behave. But this time it should get really interesting, and quickly.
In many ways my hands are tied. I did as usual notify some people about this latest discovery, like I emailed Lenstra and some others with connections (I think) in the US government. But the math community has quite successfully wrapped a crackpot label around me, and I guess that before I learned the true nature of the monster I faced, I helped them along, often with posts on this very forum.
I'm sure some of them were giddy with glee with some of my postings.
But now there is the weirdest test of knowledge against perception in the history of the world.
Can the mere idea that RSA encryption is still viable stand against one of the most beautiful results I've ever seen in number theory?
I have no doubt that mathematicians in "pure math" areas couldn't care less about the beauty of the result as maybe they don't even quite understand it, having long lost the ability to do real mathematics anyway. But there must be SOME people around the world who would understand it, right?
My math blog is visited by people from 42 countries. Not a lot of them on any given day but a lot of coverage. From Russia, to Australia, to India and 39 other countries, including of course the US, there are people looking it over.
So I sit back and wait, more and more curious myself, as I think if it is possible that a truly HUGE number theory result can be contained then humanity is toast anyway, and I'll do a bit more partying as why not? It's not like there is a future if no truth can win. But I'll also keep at the discovery business as that's what I do. Maybe another business plan or something…
It is kind of weird though. When I was a kid I looked up to academics and people in these fields thinking they were so brilliant. And now I know.
[A reply to someone who asked why is it that James never posted the factoring of any of the RSA challenge numbers]
Because if I'm right then someone somewhere in the world will pick up on the research.
If nothing happens then I would agree that more than likely there MUST be something wrong with the ideas.
Consider, Albert Einstein never built an atomic bomb, now did he.
I did. As this saga has played out and I've learned more and more about the group of people I'm facing I'm less and less surprised by how they behave. But this time it should get really interesting, and quickly.
In many ways my hands are tied. I did as usual notify some people about this latest discovery, like I emailed Lenstra and some others with connections (I think) in the US government. But the math community has quite successfully wrapped a crackpot label around me, and I guess that before I learned the true nature of the monster I faced, I helped them along, often with posts on this very forum.
I'm sure some of them were giddy with glee with some of my postings.
But now there is the weirdest test of knowledge against perception in the history of the world.
Can the mere idea that RSA encryption is still viable stand against one of the most beautiful results I've ever seen in number theory?
I have no doubt that mathematicians in "pure math" areas couldn't care less about the beauty of the result as maybe they don't even quite understand it, having long lost the ability to do real mathematics anyway. But there must be SOME people around the world who would understand it, right?
My math blog is visited by people from 42 countries. Not a lot of them on any given day but a lot of coverage. From Russia, to Australia, to India and 39 other countries, including of course the US, there are people looking it over.
So I sit back and wait, more and more curious myself, as I think if it is possible that a truly HUGE number theory result can be contained then humanity is toast anyway, and I'll do a bit more partying as why not? It's not like there is a future if no truth can win. But I'll also keep at the discovery business as that's what I do. Maybe another business plan or something…
It is kind of weird though. When I was a kid I looked up to academics and people in these fields thinking they were so brilliant. And now I know.
[A reply to someone who asked why is it that James never posted the factoring of any of the RSA challenge numbers]
Because if I'm right then someone somewhere in the world will pick up on the research.
If nothing happens then I would agree that more than likely there MUST be something wrong with the ideas.
Consider, Albert Einstein never built an atomic bomb, now did he.
# posted by James Harris @ 02:07 
