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Factoring: The DNA solution

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We consider molecular models for computing and derive a DNA-based mechanism for solving intractable problems through massive parallelism. In principle, such methods might reduce the effort needed to solve otherwise difficult tasks, such as factoring large numbers. We investigate the application of such techniques to cryptography.

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Josef Pieprzyk Reihanah Safavi-Naini

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Beaver, D. (1995). Factoring: The DNA solution. In: Pieprzyk, J., Safavi-Naini, R. (eds) Advances in Cryptology — ASIACRYPT'94. ASIACRYPT 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 917. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0000453

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