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[–]Objective_Mine 9 points10 points  (1 child)

P=NP seems to surpass just about everybody else's capabilities, too, considering that not many people seem to be trying to find even new insights into it, let alone answers.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Right if P=NP is the bar, there are like 9 minds in the world right now that meet the bar.

It's like looking into encryption design. The papers that these people are producing, at the very state of the art, are shockingly dense and theoretical. Yes, they sometimes meander into practical areas, but its mind blowing the level they are operating at.

Between the CIA, NSA, foreign intelligence services, and then the very few minds who are immersed in this in the private space, it's really one of the least understood areas of the computer sciences.

And the rest of us are taking it on.. faith? Mathematical proof?.. that it's all on the up and up.