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The opening as it read in 2005
Adi Shamir (born 1952 ) is an Israeli cryptographer .1He was one of the inventors of the RSA algorithm (along with Ron Rivest and Len Adleman ), and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science .2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Adi Shamir ( ; born July 6, 1952) is an Israeli cryptographer .He is one of the inventors of the RSA algorithm (along with Ron Rivest and Len Adleman ), one of the inventors of the Feige-Fiat-Shamir Identification Scheme (along with Uriel Feige and Amos Fiat ), one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Adi Shamir ( ; born July 6, 1952) is an Israeli cryptographer . He is a co-inventor of the RSA algorithm (along with Ron Rivest and Len Adleman ), a co-inventor of the Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme (along with Uriel Feige and Amos Fiat ), one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Adi Shamir ( ; born July 6, 1952) is an Israeli cryptographer . He is a co-inventor of the Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) algorithm (along with Ron Rivest and Len Adleman ), a co-inventor of the Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme (along with Uriel Feige and Amos Fiat ), one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israeli cryptographer (born 1952) Adi Shamir ( ; born July 6, 1952) is an Israeli cryptographer and inventor. He is a co-inventor of the Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) algorithm (along with Ron Rivest and Len Adleman ), a co-inventor of the Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme (along with Uriel Feige and Amos Fiat ), one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science . The fixedpoints of recursive definitions .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Israeli cryptographer (born 1952) Adi Shamir ( Hebrew : עדי שמיר ; born July 6, 1952) is an Israeli cryptographer and inventor. He is a co-inventor of the Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) algorithm (along with Ron Rivest and Len Adleman ), a co-inventor of the Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme (along with Uriel Feige and Amos Fiat ), one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science . The fixedpoints of recursive definitions .
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israeli cryptographer
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israeli cryptographer and inventor
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