> so integer factorization is in NP I never said it wasn't. > And a breakthrough in P?=NP could have implications for factorization. Indeed, but what's impli

> so integer factorization is in NP I never said it wasn't. > And a breakthrough in P?=NP could have implications for factorization. Indeed, but what's implied in the article is that they might have made a breakthrough in factorization specifically, not in fundamental CS theory at large.