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by gamechangr
3129 days ago
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I don't think it works that way. It's not math that's the problem, there are some brilliant mathematicians working as developers. I think it's more like spotting an opportunity and having the technical skills to execute. I mean, I guess if you count hacking HN ranking system = immediate impact Technology? |
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Sure it does. With new mathematical discoveries, there come direct and immediate consequences to the technologies built using previous assumptions - which will now either be validated or invalidated.
If, for example, prime factorization is proven to be not computationally difficult, invalidating the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_RSA_assumption, and somebody publishes a practical method, then most of the world's cryptography systems utilizing RSA would be hacked immediately.