.... probably the lifetimes of several universes.... if it finished that early.

The most basic solution is the proverbial "brute force" method.

However, when people read the subject, they're thinking someone may have stumbled upon a better algorithm instead. After all - why would one "yell from the rooftops" a solution that everyone already knows and was taught in school.

So if one claims a patent, others expect an updated or new invention... if an updated process isn't outlined, then the logical conclusion is that it wasn't defined in sufficient detail. Ergo:

There are functions that are easily specified, but not easily computed.

It was not specified in sufficient detail!

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