Remove CRC-32 Satisfying Properties - #49
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CRC-32 is not divisible by x+1. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Gai <jg2022@cantab.ac.uk>
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Agreed, this is a long-lived error in our explanation. Nice catch.
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CRC-32 is not divisible by x+1, so might be a bit confusing? Although technically it’s correct insofar as to all the properties are truth statements; hence the polynomial does satisfy the property “if divisible by x+1, checks odd number of errors”.