Re: Factorizaton idea, revisited

From: a (a_at_shell3.shore.net)
Date: 05/18/04


Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 20:44:30 GMT

In article <3c65f87.0405180558.16af2ab3@posting.google.com>,
James Harris <jstevh@msn.com> wrote:

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>The entire point is to factor some number M by factoring an easy
>number T, off M.

I'm unfamiliar with this mathematical concept of "off".

Given two numbers a and b, how does one determine if a is "off" b?



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