Re: a question to Bob Silverman about factorization

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

Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 20:56:57 -0500

ok, let me take an example from fluid dynamics: we solve complicated flow
equations to get an idea of how a liquid is flowing under particular
physical conditions. Nature, confronted with the same problem, does not as
far as we know solve any equation yet it gets the job done and the liquid
flowing or twirling or whatever it is that liquids do.
my question is this: Does anyone know of a natural process involving the
solution of the factorization problem. More importantly, if such a natural
process exists, can we learn from it to come up with better ways of
factoring numbers.
the cold fusion example was meant to say that the " cold fusion physicists
or electrochemists " was pushing a dead donkey like they say in some part of
the world but good luck to them

"Bob Silverman" <pubkeybreaker@aol.comstuff> wrote in message
news:20040316184706.01774.00001591@mb-m22.aol.com...
> Hi,
>
> You need to define what you mean by
> 'natural methods'. I do not understand how a
> method can be anything BUT human invented.
>
> It would help clarify your position if you were to
> cite an example of a 'natural method' [to solve
> a problem] within mathematics today.
>
>
>
>
> "You can lead a horse's ass to knowledge, but you can't make him think."

Relevant Pages

  • Re: A note on "Quark Soup"
    ... built Ralativistic Heavy Ion Collider to re-create the liquid stuff ... physicists because the meshed quarks behaved more like perfect liquid than ... how big would the surprise be? ... It isn't a gas that was expected, ...
    (sci.physics.research)
  • Re: Discovery of Higgs at Large Hadron Collider might not make all physicists happy
    ... spectrum of the Hydrogen atom. ... physicists are dominated by theorists, ... It's more than things solid, liquid, or gas. ... Well, draw us a picture sometime of, say, an electron. ...
    (sci.physics)
  • Re: Discovery of Higgs at Large Hadron Collider might not make all physicists happy
    ... spectrum of the Hydrogen atom. ... physicists are dominated by theorists, ... It's more than things solid, liquid, or gas. ... Sure you can visualize it. ...
    (sci.physics)
  • Re: "Mars Water" - The NASA PAO in action
    ... jury's still out on recent liquid water, but I guess that wouldn't have made Matt Lauer wet his pants so thoroughly at the top of NBC "Today" this morning. ... I actually got a kind of a sick kick out of this; by the time "Today" went on the air, I'd already seen the press release and the images and read a good portion of the thread on this group, including Flannery's pointing out if _any_ liquid was flowing recently enough to cut those channels, it _had_ to be CO2. ...
    (sci.space.history)
  • Re: Oh, Silly Me
    ... liquid in an open cup using only a match? ... could you determine by its density that a liquid is water? ... use the match to induce standing waves. ...
    (sci.physics)