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AFAIK, it's not O(n^2) as stated in the article.
See Fürer's algorithm, it can reach O(n\log n2^{3\log^* n}) [[User:Willrazen|Willrazen]] ([[User talk:Willrazen|talk]]) 19:27, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
 
== Explanation/Mention of Common Imprecise Usage of "One-Way Function" ==
 
I think it'd be a good idea to add one sentence to the header explaining that people often use the term "one-way function" to apply to functions that, while currently difficult to invert, may or may not be one-way functions under the formal definition of the term. (In fact, the articles for hash functions and cryptographic hash functions both describe them as being one-way functions.) There already is the section on "Candidates for one-way functions" but it's much further down and common alternate (albeit imprecise) usages of the term probably warrants some mention in the header. Thoughts? [[User:Jwuthe2|Jwuthe2]] ([[User talk:Jwuthe2|talk]]) 11:45, 2 November 2017 (UTC)