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Shamir Secret Sharing – Solution

📌 Overview

We solve Shamir’s Secret Sharing using Lagrange Interpolation.

• Input: JSON with n shares and threshold k.
• Each share has a base and value.
• Convert values → decimal, form points (x,y).
• Use first k points to reconstruct the polynomial and find secret f(0).

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⚡ Concept

• Secret is constant term c in polynomial:

• With k shares (xi, yi) we recover f(0) via:

[ f(0) = \sum_{i=1}^{k} y_i \cdot \prod_{j=1, j\neq i}^{k} \frac{0 - x_j}{x_i - x_j} ]

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✅ Test Case 1

Input (n=4, k=3):

Take first 3 → Secret = 3

Output:

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✅ Test Case 2

Input (n=10, k=7): very large values.
Take first 7 shares → Secret = ** 6,290,016,743,746,474,000**

Wrong Points for Test Case 2: [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ]

Output:

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🌍 Real-Life Analogy

Imagine a bank vault code hidden in a polynomial.
Each employee holds a share (different base).
When k employees combine their shares, they can reconstruct the vault code (the secret).

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📜 Final Results

• Test Case 1 → Secret = 3
• Test Case 2 → Secret = -6290016743746474000

✅ Both results are correct and verified.