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An OEIS sequence for describing the old scytale (oeis.org)
1 point by panchiniak 10 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



I came across this sequence when trying to understand the scytale and its limits. Interestingly, the mathematics of the scytale touches the concept of prime numbers, what has a central role in contemporary cryptography.




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