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What is an integer mixer?


A function that mixes the bits of an integer, it's a major component in all modern hash functions (they read a few bytes from the input, add them to the state, mix the state, and continue).

See for example http://jonkagstrom.com/bit-mixer-construction/index.html

When the input is an integer, they're very good hash functions on their own.




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