Re: Finding factors?

From: Robin Chapman (rjc_at_ivorynospamtower.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: 11/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:45:26 +0000

Andie wrote:

> I want to factor large numbers fast

So do a lot of people.

> and I wonder if anyone knows of
> any good ways of finding the factors.

This is a HUGE subject. For the tip of
the iceberg see

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PrimeFactorizationAlgorithms.html . 

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