Re: Simple answer, surrogate factoring

From: Gib Bogle (bogle_at_ihug.too.much.spam.co.nz)
Date: 03/05/05 

Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 17:15:29 +1300

jstevh@msn.com wrote:

> Nathan wrote:
>
>>jstevh@msn.com wrote:
>>
>>>fiziwig wrote:
>>>
>>>>Could you take a reasonably small number, say 8 or 10
>>>>digits, and DEMONSTRATE, step by step how your method would be
>>>>applied to factoring that number. Can I see how you use it to
>>>>factor an easy number like 50,985,511 for example?
>>
>>>Why? It'd make as much sense to factor an easy number like 15.
>>>
>>>I'm more of a theoretical guy. I want to know why.
>>
>>So give a clear explanation of "how".
>
>
> I *have* posted algorithms.
>
> Even this thread contains an algorithm which should work perfectly.
>
> I'm just not interested in going through the effort of demonstrating
> the algorithm with a test number, especially when other posters have
> posted the algorithms in programmatic form, as has happened.
>
> I'm the theory guy.
>
> Other people are the experimental people.
>
> It's how physics works, and I'm showing how it can be done with
> mathematics.
>
> If you push me on details I get annoyed, as I'm the theory guy.
>
> I'm the theoretical amateur mathematician.

Theoretically, you're an amateur mathematician. In practice, you're a
professional crank.

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