On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 01:58:17AM -0400, CARLETON GARRISON wrote:
>Your statement has made me look deeper. The difference between
>factoring 2^211 and 2^311 seems trivial, but using trial factoring I
>understand this difference equates to a billion-fold (2^30) increase in
>computational resource.
A bit tongue-in-cheek: Both 2^211 and 2^311 are incredibly easy to
factor, as both have 2 as the only factor, over and over again ;-)
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