There are many applications of a fast factoring algorithm in number theory, and many people who would love to get their hands on one for that reason. You'd be e

There are many applications of a fast factoring algorithm in number theory, and many people who would love to get their hands on one for that reason. You'd be exceptionally famous if you developed a very fast algorithm for this. That is to say nothing of the fact that it would say something about the fundamental complexity of various problems.