As I understand it, this is how the RSA algorithm was made. I don't know where my copy of "The Code Book" by Simon Singh is right now, but iirc, Rivest and Shamir would come up with ideas and Adleman's primary role was finding flaws in the security.

Oh look, it's on the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_cryptosystem

Yay blue/red teams in math!

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griffzhowl 5 days ago | parent [-]

Reminds me of a pair of cognitive scientists I know who often collaborate. One is expansive and verbose and often gets carried away on tangential trains of thought, the other is very logical and precise. Their way of producing papers is the first one writes and the second deletes.

	▲	ashton314 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		That's a great model. Even if you're not naturally that way, it's helpful to think of a verbose phase followed by a revising phase. You can do this either as a team or as an individual—though as an individual it can be hard to context switch.