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The development of the number field sieve /

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The number field sieve is an algorithm for finding the prime factors of large integers. It depends on algebraic number theory. Proposed by John Pollard in 1988, the method was used in 1990 to factor the ninth Fermat number, a 155-digit integer. The algorithm is most suited to numbers of a special fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lenstra, A. K. (Arjen K.), 1956-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lenstra, H. W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [1993]
Series:Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag) ; 1554.
Subjects:
Sieves (Mathematics)
Cribles (Mathématiques)
Getaltheorie.
Teoria dos numeros.
Algebraischer Zahlkörper.
Siebmethode.
Zahlentheorie.
Faktorisierung.
Algorithmus.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Electronic books.
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