a question to Bob Silverman about factorization

From: tiny lizard (zigomar_at_omarzig)
Date: 03/17/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 18:33:44 -0500

are there any natural processes that " do the factorization of composite
numbers " using a " natural method " ( as opposed to human invented ones )
and if so what are they? Is anyone studying such methods?

I am thinking about physicists who spend a lot of time trying to do cold
fusion " the easy way " when nature does it the hard way ( in the sun ). It
is not surprising that the physicist have not come up yet with a solution to
the fusion problem as they have been ignoring the teaching of nature. I am
not saying that we cannot do better than nature, I am only saying that
sometimes we can't.
Are mathematicians making the same mistake about the factorization problem?

your repsonse will be appreciated.
thanks

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