Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!news.glorb.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad.highwinds-media.com!newsfe09.iad.POSTED!aa923de6!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.compression From: stan Subject: Re: Recursive Modulus and Factoring method References: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1pl1 (Linux) Message-ID: Lines: 15 X-Complaints-To: abuse@teranews.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:10:03 UTC Organization: TeraNews.com Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:06:20 -0500 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.compression:1017 Ernst wrote: > Friday, February 03 2012 > > Hello, my name is Ernst and I am sharing an unexpected observation I > had while designing a Hash code . I see a function that reports > factors of N. Does this have anything to do with compression? The cryptography guys find this sort of thing fascinating, you might try posting where people who are actually interested in factoring might read it. As several have pointed out, factoring hasn't proved effective in compression and most information guys simply spend much time keeping up with the subject.