PUZZLE IBM-234
IBM security polynomial
IBM Research · Ponder This · 2017-10
IBM Ponder This #234 · October 2017
The solutions for the polynomial equation
131839*x^5+17585*x^4-13258*x^3-18104*x^2-419356*x+52715 = 0 (mod 11100101)
encode something related to IBM security, with a single bit error.
What does it encode? What is the wrong bit? And how is it related to IBM Security?
Hint (23/10): View the solutions in Binary.
Solution
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