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Feature #7783
closedAdd support for sqrt of very large numbers
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Description
Currently ...
irb(main):001:0> Math.sqrt(2**6456)
=> Infinity
I wanted to do something like this to show an example of how RSA could break RSA the public modulus N is generated incorrectly.
In Python you can do it using http://code.google.com/p/gmpy/
The issue is also described here http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:on5z4JS3iUcJ:stackoverflow.com/questions/8226087/how-do-i-get-math-sqrt-to-return-a-bignum-and-not-a-float+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk
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