Re: Surrogate factoring approach, analysis

From: Douglas A. Gwyn (DAGwyn_at_null.net)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 05:48:05 -0500

>>The problem with all the factoring methods you have
>>so far posted is that they don't work even in "toy"
>>implementations. There is always some crucial gap
jstevh@msn.com wrote:
> The program does factor. It just doesn't factor
> every number you try to factor with it, ...

That's what I said. It doesn't work. If you get it
to work, come back and tell us about it; then somebody
will probably be able to show you how long it will
take to factor numbers of the size we're interested in.

Even a broken clock happens to get the time right
twice a day. A *working* clock gets the time right
all day long.

We went through this same procedure on a previous
occasion, including your rantings about being an
unappreciated genius.