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		augustt on May 1, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Multipole Methods for the Masses Good list, the QR algorithm is particularly beautiful I think.

jcranmer on May 1, 2020 [–]

Personally, I think it's too oriented towards numerical algorithms. I'd drop the integer relation detection for RSA or maybe Diffie-Hellman as the most important cryptographic developments in the 20th century.

tptacek on May 2, 2020 | [–]

DH feels more important there.

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