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* Re: A cipher derived from a rational number.Chris M. Thomasson
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 by: Chris M. Thomasson - Mon, 24 May 2021 21:20 UTC

On 3/20/2021 2:25 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> On 3/20/2021 2:22 PM, djoyce099 wrote:
>> The rational number below will produce a decrypted
>> poem using number to letter plain text for a total of 129 letters.
>> How is it done?
>> What you see below has to be processed.
>> A certain mathematical process to this number
>> has to be initiated to solve this puzzle.
>> The simple process will expose the simplicity
>> of this cipher.
>
> Did you xor the plaintext with the decimal expansion of the rational?
>
>>
>> The rational number below may not need to be
>> as large a decimal expansion as it is but probably
>> about 90% of it is necessary to complete the process
>> of decrypting.
>> You will need an online calculator or coding language that
>> supports a level of 10,000 digit precision, that is what the
>> decimal expansion of the number below has.
>>
>> 4.187712846814656608060732918259108770874449265728424018596029628858094844009685949860782027378038056761807604280273008996752199234546409671468770571930526274960145551358466684183719431378092648508021661601994903379878880042778032637233193496151434357216170853272412145048795658483433096110454242973389136013456073243647892721898267681525658769052795363987514092626856068608417394241541368126034205825614874919755289790774645331682765266722353822397782406215384331546350129798518449187036543244053893097980370119140144354890349541027971147890441032606005563013889342605140024268120674391339189077758108874551138891366583580369812620594057061310970506411769256065174324853423664348672485001270342524168456961407163945674172091660255779230268507929772244912821686039149597728778786776650739479486175529154050983638246389644011570693085404988027689447730276877378108108956350503246397123462302020440466460200582137355974185549004949273375829085468202464300446334477300902040227091595507124573952797530858179437842052140619594181351245847228680165097081665953689378069873327490134260691661394699534860339044640973371226650793778261002201136077263433558715339483222531899862403232085074038934911575309972063642266912244239950106487580618604355805139439582418327088643438446493398316608356324878239855373423929799927799493835397905533606094938627232686114580884895330767671506186381960248258261199388486246557309931134296744566225147789889854940626295768640232628724013184172600457079570523302080797975092334962901118345415511595982705605581216687998240580891701696576506270366394426860638758971634034111568690290564387782842866209925060839377293130940104720369140855156121125168038167482125186587881708135623072872336443182956728284858147745183404718349515192936482964688807592369626324482995923343951741743743076178553477128485564340155224751265203157413138868786397507566597668983359226565630601915430620076699524431310095455455542524484135136824320295663989521930511900734294300291446996525592566004873831762952208913396110384164194675210996047400818580613669299963851206602307073159281923254682620228106967230642649685691122950912916834909864969417965826221671506929579934642387781488238285957428281861332080930029992458352374010121152692928478675613622112164135034683689936627701340892516005696109969753603906839346026619407408889988313209021299749894557357145557731563833361347769001521151680713344325936288076883881308056040807569838830385198501101943519194497568564221392184844203772016256255949061168980215213691093076061178042509443836431461069891100340062732295299229014997253824192376917307766018557292694297906364878731694470027817514632898867906569056009337971613254127297577513353445644942122238994174636848653271561072100563407074407565435018400021268812818499439542502647060761170648813819604148599373201815509367542343406194790294462078011336743641173325813611895241915181659607722460959743060517214081558047793100082637964083379966147038106807096804083581018234104077119074486698329771372267023325247560379292588930592659782064884890314333653372639032942822999016551115308598825536912614264571520983357886610683611753760003585573610542136993268320572017937493504694038673628998102047922811578032176621913910448192314946381562799587666717802915153828071045449611216524000359907346665477965135650301485599588065972057989741345135492377363605928222591982098057768352885670379610476222820128729164068915094364300742400980405821788392619899503516324527073511596740579410578764265455319703584812773448863997595548473347652160894828244701365048084821456784571670246669414094814291475289487463733379888533766571229831534908385819128571656719551932398941278430877011512751260611235593656957088516264524709371820292915871624438041760687511801234555276426168924892469041067404842839540690654668171583444797155051071385296240435285091418771459539561777558543307410959237857058050025920055624973115174861890309017765114311021845329356952346493267623073224350247773740157952182061176275928893152730802376462002972681552474147706278480703278422385943910845652496156032975309329203303568142097852185332228727212189110760017872472420834844175388847369401616254549381581045428401267156654461868552316587103013591528124184735868732619660836463132996968324459529190363059711799707739567381948043148019978839694839509375313339972553531657471258367011960399989483500765399546457152959980383247303067826865743766278050814994918619241412955483484745064732413465854766686139518281115317123413666109789032039929075051364267217522168684338952567396924461192815165381363083675885202537423708920953173093545302608386945168747463323562349197439262536893596987899552530404234277020166495069211967326323241476971084799483327126999502088789776957999781357241591145745201806327667844516335648994009990071173225845065629555919358682552278156179751817671541736177476145432522021192151040722199437720013459166576381510205042777198072439161896600272979865368349609951735875889775487412476685544055562631284809949280758989669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>>
>>
>> Who will be the first to decrypt this poem?
>> Good luck!
>> Dan
>>
>

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 by: djoyce099 - Mon, 24 May 2021 23:38 UTC

On Monday, May 24, 2021 at 5:21:01 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> On 3/20/2021 2:25 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> > On 3/20/2021 2:22 PM, djoyce099 wrote:
> >> The rational number below will produce a decrypted
> >> poem using number to letter plain text for a total of 129 letters.
> >> How is it done?
> >> What you see below has to be processed.
> >> A certain mathematical process to this number
> >> has to be initiated to solve this puzzle.
> >> The simple process will expose the simplicity
> >> of this cipher.
> >
> > Did you xor the plaintext with the decimal expansion of the rational?
> >
> >>
> >> The rational number below may not need to be
> >> as large a decimal expansion as it is but probably
> >> about 90% of it is necessary to complete the process
> >> of decrypting.
> >> You will need an online calculator or coding language that
> >> supports a level of 10,000 digit precision, that is what the
> >> decimal expansion of the number below has.
> >>
> >> 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> >> Who will be the first to decrypt this poem?
> >> Good luck!
> >> Dan
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> I broke it first over on sci.math.
Yes, you started the decryption but James finished it.


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On 5/24/2021 4:38 PM, djoyce099 wrote:
> On Monday, May 24, 2021 at 5:21:01 PM UTC-4, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>> On 3/20/2021 2:25 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>> On 3/20/2021 2:22 PM, djoyce099 wrote:
>>>> The rational number below will produce a decrypted
>>>> poem using number to letter plain text for a total of 129 letters.
>>>> How is it done?
>>>> What you see below has to be processed.
>>>> A certain mathematical process to this number
>>>> has to be initiated to solve this puzzle.
>>>> The simple process will expose the simplicity
>>>> of this cipher.
>>>
>>> Did you xor the plaintext with the decimal expansion of the rational?
>>>
>>>>
>>>> The rational number below may not need to be
>>>> as large a decimal expansion as it is but probably
>>>> about 90% of it is necessary to complete the process
>>>> of decrypting.
>>>> You will need an online calculator or coding language that
>>>> supports a level of 10,000 digit precision, that is what the
>>>> decimal expansion of the number below has.
>>>>
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>>>> Who will be the first to decrypt this poem?
>>>> Good luck!
>>>> Dan
>>>>
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>>
>> I broke it first over on sci.math.
> Yes, you started the decryption but James finished it.
>

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