Re: What�s the algorithm that compresses a 20 digit big int, into 8 bytes ?

From: Rafael Anschau <rafael.anschau_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 08:09:16 -0700 (PDT)
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On Apr 9, 11:45�am, Bob Badour <bbad..._at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:

> If it support the full 20 decimal digit range, no algorithm will fit it
> into 64 bits so choosing a different algorithm will achieve nothing.

Any proof of that, or is it just another hypothesis ? My intuition tells me this is true, but I would like to see a proof of that. Received on Fri Apr 09 2010 - 17:09:16 CEST

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