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It's a hint not a complete answer.

If you don't assume a fixed 100 digit input, but any number of digits (especially a float) then there are theoretically an infinite number of numbers that have those 100 digits in their middle.


If I have a secret number, I can calculate the square and find the middle 100 digits. If you have the 100 middle digits, it will not be easy for you to find the secret number.




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