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Asymmetric crypto clearly is in NPcomplete. What one can not prove yet is that some crypto system is in NPcomplete \ P (since this would imply P != NP).


> Asymmetric crypto clearly is in NPcomplete

To be in NP-complete a problem must both be in NP and every problem in NP must have a polynomial time reduction to it. This means that NP-complete is fully contained in NP and in fact smaller if P!=NP.

For example P is contained in NP and if P!=NP then no problems in P are in NP-complete.


Sorry, I was typing NPcomplete and meant NP. :-(




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