Re: JSH: Big collapse on surrogate factoring

guenther.vonKnakspott_at_gmx.de
Date: 03/10/05 

Date: 10 Mar 2005 12:33:45 -0800

jst...@msn.com wrote:
> As far as I'm concerned I've just had a massive collapse in terms of
> getting surrogate factoring working, with a recent result that
> indicates you kind of need to know the factors of M ahead of time to
> guarantee a factorization.
>
> Yuck.
>
> But it happens.
>
> Part of the fun of problem solving is knowing that at the end of the
> process you may just fail.
>
> Ok, yeah, who am I kidding?
>
> Total failure is awful. It hurts in the gut, and you feel like just
> crawling into a hole...for a while.
>
> And then the feeling goes away.
>
> I learned that years ago when I had FLT "Proofs" that I'd championed
> for months, only to finally accept that the arguments were flawed and
> what I had were not proofs.
>
> I felt terrible. I felt awful. I berated myself for daring to
presume
> to have solved the great problem.
>
> And then the bad feelings went away and I felt fine.
>
> In life we don't get to solve all the problems in front of us. If
> anybody did, then they wouldn't die, or their family members wouldn't
> die, or even their favorite dog wouldn't die.
>
> But we all die.
>
> I'll try my best while I'm here to solve a few problems before I keel
> over, and along the way I'm sure I'll have more spectacular failures,
> as though I already have some behind me, there's no reason given my
> pattern to think there aren't more ahead.
>
> Like I feel kind of bad now about surrogate factoring, but you know?
>
> I'm already feeling a little better...
>
>
> James Harris

Harris, grab the opportunity, take a look at what happened. Do you
recognize the pattern? This is your chance to work towards a solution
of your plight. It's not mathematical.

regards.

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