From: JCA Subject: Re: State-of-the-art in integer factorization Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 07:50:04 -0700 Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.crypt Summary: [missing] I thought this was common knowledge but in fact I have received several email requests along these lines. I got the paper from ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/pmontgom. Peter Montgomery himself appears in this forum every now and then, and I was hoping he would have something new to contribute to this issue. Jeffrey Williams wrote: > Would the Montgomery paper happen to be available on-line? And if so, could > someone please post a pointer to it? > > LL&P > > Jeff Williams > > Bob Silverman wrote: > > > In article <39CA3935.F6F829CF@hp.com>, > > JCA wrote: > > > > > > I've got Peter Montgomery's excellent survey on integer > > > factorization > > > algorithms. However, being as it is five years old now I was wondering > > > if there is something more up to date out there. Or, at the very > > least, > > > and > > > addendum to this paper. > > > > Nothing has been written. Improvements have been only incremental. > > (i.e. slightly faster machines, a few more percent squeezed from > > code, etc.). There hasn't been a new algorithm in 11 years. > > > > -- > > Bob Silverman > > "You can lead a horse's ass to knowledge, but you can't make him think" > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > Before you buy.