Re: Surrogate factoring, out of the box
From: David Kastrup (dak_at_gnu.org)
Date: 01/30/05
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Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:51:10 +0100
"mensanator@aol.compost" <mensanator@aol.com> writes:
> jstevh@msn.com wrote:
>
>> So yeah, if you try to factor something not prime, and get no
>> factors, square it.
>
> Ok, I took the thousand or so 3-digit factor pairs that your java
> program couldn't factor and ran their squares through your
> program. And every one of them factored.
>
> However...
>
> when 211 * 263 (55493) failed, it's square factored as 55493^2
> when 389 * 797 (310033) failed, it's square factored as 310033^2
> when 617 * 919 (567023) failed, it's square factored as 567023^2
> when 677 * 971 (657367) failed, it's square factored as 657367^2
> when 683 * 811 (553913) failed, it's square factored as 553913^2
> when 709 * 773 (548057) failed, it's square factored as 548057^2
> when 761 * 971 (738931) failed, it's square factored as 738931^2
> when 821 * 947 (777487) failed, it's square factored as 777487^2
> when 823 * 911 (749753) failed, it's square factored as 749753^2
> when 911 * 977 (890047) failed, it's square factored as 890047^2
> when 911 * 983 (895513) failed, it's square factored as 895513^2
> when 941 * 953 (896773) failed, it's square factored as 896773^2
> I guess it's back to the old drawing board, eh?
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