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GAP package FactInt

Advanced Methods for Factoring Integers

Author

Stefan Kohl

Short Description

This package provides routines for factoring integers, in particular:

  • Pollard's p-1
  • Williams' p+1
  • Elliptic Curves Method (ECM)
  • Continued Fraction Algorithm (CFRAC)
  • Multiple Polynomial Quadratic Sieve (MPQS)

It also provides access to Richard P. Brent's tables of factors of integers of the form b^k +/- 1.

Version

Current version number 1.5.3   (Released 16/06/2011)

Status

accepted    (communicated by Mike Atkinson (St. Andrews), accepted 07/1999)

Dependencies

GAP version: >=4.4.9
Needed other packages: GAPDoc(>=1.0),

Online documentation

FactInt: [ HTML] version   [ PDF] version  

Download

[README]    factint-1.5.3[.zoo  (4.2MB)]   [.tar.gz  (3.7MB)]   [-win.zip  (4.3MB)]   [.tar.bz2  (3.2MB)]  

Contact

Stefan Kohl
Address:
Department of Mathematics
University of Vlora
Lagjja: Pavaresia
Vlore / Albania
WWW: http://www.gap-system.org/DevelopersPages/StefanKohl/
E-mail: stefan@mcs.st-and.ac.uk