Re: factoring higher degree questions


"Richard Fateman" <fateman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> BemusedbyQM wrote:
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> >
> > i dont remember him mentioning an exam or homework.
> They rarely do.
>
> >
> > i spell it 'factorisation' as i am british, and dont tend to use
> > americanisms such as 'factorization'
> >
> You can try it your way, or the non-British spelling, or ask Google for
> polynomial factorization OR factorisation
>
> which search gives about 617,000 hits. The first 10 are pretty good.

actually in response to the OP, i seem to remember that the symbolic
factorisation (or -ization...) can be performed using the same methods that
are applied to factorise integers.

there are many - the most well known being the 'eliptic curve method' , '
pollards rho method' , 'quadratic sieve'. i am pretty certain these can be
applied to factorise polynomials too.

but either way, numerically or symbolically, factorising higher degree
polynomials requires graduate if not post graduate level mathematics.
>
> RJF


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