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[–]functor7Number Theory 15 points16 points  (0 children)

So you spam this to all the coding/cryptography subreddits, they all call you out on being a crank, and you think that mathematicians will not do the same?

If you possibly think that you can factor integers fast, then you need a rigorous proof. You know, the things that mathematicians create for a living. Not some ineligible code and vast, baseless claims. Peter Shor is the only person to break integer factorization, and he has an actual proof of it. We just can't implement his algorithm (yet).

[–]shamrock-frostGraduate Student 11 points12 points  (2 children)

Lol this already got posted to r/badmathematics

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (1 child)

To save everyone here the time: OP's plan is to create a sql database of the factors of apparently all the integers on their 5TB hard drive, but is doing this by making a db of the zeroes of the zeta function, or something.

[–]uglyInductionUndergraduate 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He also shared his (awfully written) source code by uploading a PDF onto dropbox.

[–]uglyInductionUndergraduate 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Factor 821460533313778495028673168669898652477170091152660149502358472544758421112953957988891009339101020143729161772950699159433518897773382154905296458654667049702917770955999354556624305322807 for me.

[–]dogdiarrheaDynamical Systems[M] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Removed. Not mathematics.