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Re: Factoring
Posted:
Jan 9, 2012 11:46 AM
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>"Pubkeybreaker" <pubkeybreaker@aol.com> wrote in message
>news:6a4aac66-2bf5-4fd1-8cca->4dd575c30682@w4g2000vbc.googlegroups.com...
>On Jan 8, 9:47 pm, "John Smith" <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> "Peter Webb" <r.peter.webb...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
>> Yes ok I guess I already had that at the back of my mind but was hoping
>> to
>> find some kind of procedure or algorithm for finding the answers to
>> factoring problems which are likely to appear in current school text
>> books.
>
>Which "school" did you have in mind? If you mean "high school", then
>the answer
>is that you won't find it. If you mean "college", then yes, you can
>find such
>algorithms in college level textbooks. Knuth's "The Art of Computer
>Programming"
>vol 2 contains an excellent introduction to algorithms that are
>certain to factor
>any polynomial.
Thanks. I found a pdf and had a look. The FORTRAN programs and assembler
listings brought back memories but these days I probably won't be able to
spend time attempting to understand material at that level.
>The mathematics involved in general polynomial factoring algorithms is
>definitely
>college-level.
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