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I'm not sure if that's completely true for prime factorization. There are numbers that are larger, yet easier to factorize. For example, I think that a power o
by JD557 8y ago
I'm not sure if that's completely true for prime factorization. There are numbers that are larger, yet easier to factorize.
For example, I think that a power of two, like 1024, is much faster to factorize than, let's say, 1001 (71113). (I'm not quite sure this example is true)
Here's a more detailed description: https://mathoverflow.net/questions/249266/classes-of-numbers-that-are-easy-to-factorize-using-classical-computers https://mathoverflow.net/questions/249266/classes-of-numbers...