A one-way hash function is a function 
that maps an arbitrary length message 
to a fixed length message digest 
if
1. It is a one-way function.
2. Given 
and 
,
it is hard to find a message 
such that 
.
One-Way Hash Function
See also
Hash Function, One-Way Function, Trapdoor One-Way FunctionExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Bakhtiari, S.; Safavi-Naini, R.; and Pieprzyk, J. Cryptographic Hash Functions: A Survey. Technical Report 95-09, Department of Computer Science, University of Wollongong, July 1995. https://web.archive.org/web/20240821223707/https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=07748b0e0a9c601169929a427a327a19ba478101.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "One-Way Hash Function." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/One-WayHashFunction.html