Re: JSH: MAD fails



jstevh@xxxxxxx wrote:

I have wondered for years what top mathematicians were thinking.

They must have known that if I wanted to I could just do something like
solve the factoring problem and force the situation.

I wondered if they hated the world, but have decided that they believed
in MAD:

Mutual Assured Destruction

That is, I think they figured that I just wouldn't do it, as they
figured I'd get taken out along with them.

But I am a discoverer, of a long line of discoverers, without whom
history would not be as it is.

I had no choice. There was never a question of whether or not I would
put up the factoring solution eventually, if I saw no other way.

It was only a question of when.


James Harris


Yes James, thank you for that. Now, why don't you just fix it so that it gives non-trivial integer factors with non-negligible probability. As it currently stands, it easily gives non-integer factors. But it's a no-brainer to factor any integer into non-integer factors (in an infinite number of ways).

What you really need to do is prove that your method produces non-trivial integer factors with non-negligible probability. If you are unable to do this, as I'm sure you are, then you could factor an RSA challenge number. Either of these paths will grab the world's attention.

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