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A code may be repeated, but they should not enter a cycle (which would be a real disaster.)

You also need to keep in mind the birthday paradox. Repeated codes will happen with high probability after around sqrt(1,000,000) = 1000 code emissions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem



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