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one-way function

function that is easy to compute on every input, but hard to invert given the image of a random input
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one-way function

Summary

one-way function ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • one-way function's subclass of is recorded as function[2].
  • one-way function's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01_rq6[3].
  • one-way function's described by source is recorded as Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, 2nd edition[4].
  • one-way function's MathWorld ID is recorded as One-WayFunction[5].
  • one-way function's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[6].
  • one-way function's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 105355099[7].
  • one-way function's PlanetMath ID is recorded as OnewayFunction[8].
  • one-way function's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C105355099[9].

Why It Matters

one-way function ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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