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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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