sci.math
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: JSH: Factoring method with quad res result?

Subject: Re: JSH: Factoring method with quad res result?
From: "Tim Peters"
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:58:09 -0400
Newsgroups: alt.math, sci.math
[added "JSH:" to subject; spared sci.crypt]

[jstevh@xxxxxxx]
> I was joking.
>
> No one assigns the factoring problem as a homework assignment.
>
> I don't care how hard the university is.
>
> This result of mine is being attacked by people already trying to call
> it trivial.

It's not utterly trivial, but it's on that end of the scale even according 
to you.

> So I made the point that there is nothing trivial about a result that
> immediately connects to the factoring problem.

You haven't shown that:  correct me if I'm wrong, but AFAICT you haven't 
managed to factor anything with it yet.  At least with your second-last pile 
of surrogate factoring equations, you were able to factor 119 as the product 
of two complex numbers.

> Compared to my research, nothing much that anyone in the world is doing
> amounts to much of anything, no matter what the school.

Well, I don't like to toot my own horn, but I was able to find two 
_integers_ whose product is 119, and almost at once.  With just a few hours 
more effort, and using methods simpler than yours, I was able to find a way 
even more interesting than 1*119 ;-)

> No one can solve hard problems this easily,

Probably true.

> or come up with multiple solutions, like this being my second idea
> that I am increasingly confident solves the factoring problem.

That's not being honest, James:  you've had _many_ factoring ideas you were 
confident about.  The most obvious difference between the latest two and the 
earlier ones is that you've so far refused to try using the latest to find 
integer factors.  For some reason, your earlier methods didn't actually work 
when you tried them.  Your excuse for not trying the latest is a hoot:

    Guess I could easily test this latest idea as well, but I just
    can't bring myself to check factoring problem attempted solutions
    any more.  They're just depressing in a way as they represent the
    need for force.

So it's not that it's depressing because you fear you'll be caught with your 
mouth ranting and your pants down again, it's depressing because ... 
checking your work represents "the need for force"?  LOL -- even you can't 
expect to sell that one.

> If I am right, I solved the factoring problem once already, with
> something a little too complicated for just about everyone in the
> world, but came back later and found something simpler for a second
> solution to what mathematicians have convinced inverstors is one of the
> hardest problems out there.
>
> No other mathematical research out there is even close in comparison.

It's true that all others doing research in factoring actually use their 
methods to find factors.  So, quite right, your research here so far is 
indeed not even close.

> You people may as well be toddlers when it comes to mathematics, in
> comparison.

Right.  Strange, though, that toddlers don't check their work either. 



<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
  • Re: JSH: Factoring method with quad res result?, Tim Peters <=
Privacy Policy