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- From: clong@remus.rutgers.edu (Chris Long)
- Newsgroups: comp.theory
- Subject: Re: Cryptography and P=NP
- Message-ID: <Nov.22.18.04.19.1992.24744@remus.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 23:04:19 GMT
- References: <15115@ember.UUCP> <1992Nov17.043640.5525@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> <1992Nov20.000916.29325@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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- In article <1992Nov20.000916.29325@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>,
- Vaughan Pratt writes:
-
- > 1. I, Vaughan Pratt, agree that if P is not equal to NP then I will
- > pay you, Chris Long, $1000 on demand. You agree that if P is equal to
- > NP then you will pay me $10,000 on demand.
-
- This sounds fine, but we should prepare a document that would be
- signed and notarized by both parties. Sound fair?
-
- > Would you prefer 1995 or 2000 as the year of expiration?
-
- How about 1997? That would be for 5 years.
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- Is this the ultimate net.bet of all time?
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- Chris Long, 265 Old York Rd., Bridgewater, NJ 08807-2618
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