Re: Factorisation algorithms



On Oct 16, 3:56 pm, matt271829-n...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Has anyone ever proved any theoretical bounds on the efficiency of a
general integer factorisation algorithm? Is it still, as far as anyone
knows, possible that a really spectacular advance might be made in
this field?

Yes, as far as I know, it seems entirely possible that
deterministic algorithms may be found with complexity
comparable to the heuristic/probabilistic behavior of
the current best algorithm, the general number field
sieve.

A survey of results through the 20th century is here:

http://algo.inria.fr/seminars/sem00-01/morain.html

regards, chip

.



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