Re: Surrogate factoring approach, analysis

From: Jesse F. Hughes (jesse_at_phiwumbda.org)
Date: 01/22/05


Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 01:08:17 +0100

jstevh@msn.com writes:

> tomstdenis@gmail.com wrote:
>> jst...@msn.com wrote:
>> > > By way of comparison, using Cygwin on my 2.66Ghz XP box, the
>> "factor"
>> > > command correctly factors 137305167623353 in 202 milliseconds.
>> >
>> > I wrote a prototype test program to test out my new factoring
> method.
>>
>> No, you solved factoring remember? Your program wasn't a prototype.
>> It was THE solution.
>>
>
> No you stupid person. The paper is THE solution, or was supposed to
> be, though my research found I'd found a 50% solution, in that it will
> work 50% of the time, which is astounding in and of itself.

I thought that the number of successes decreased with the size of the
factors, no? Looked that way from the data you presented to us.

So why do you call it a 50% solution? Any reason to believe that it
will factor 50% of products of the size used in encryption?

-- 
Jesse F. Hughes
"What does soap kill?  Germs or Germans?" 
             -- Quincy P. Hughes (age 3 1/2) asks for clarification


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