Re: Difference of squares ,SF Theorem

jstevh_at_msn.com
Date: 04/10/05 

Date: 9 Apr 2005 20:14:48 -0700

Tim Peters wrote:
> [JSH]
> [...]
> > It's like, mathematically, it's a moot point, which indicates that
it
> > will factor in a way that appears to be truly random, giving you
> > non-trivial factors about 50% of the time.
>
> That isn't true. I understand that nothing anyone says can get that
through
> to you, so I won't bother trying -- you won't believe it until you
program
> it yourself and watch it failing with your own eyes. So, if you want
to
> make actual progress, that's what you should do.
>

Notice the information on difference of squares was deleted out, which
you'll see consistently happened in the early replies.

I've seen that behavior over and over and over again.

It's weird, but I can focus on a key point, and posters make sure to
avoid that point, which is something I noticed quite a bit with my
prime counting function years ago.

Then they push some non-issue to focus attention there, which worked
with prime counting.

But can it work with the factoring problem?

James Harris