UCSB researchers demonstrate that 15=3x5 about half of the time (opens in new tab)

(eurekalert.org)

3 pointsianbishop13y ago1 comments

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That's really cool. I didn't realize how hard it is to factor large numbers. Looking at the Wikipedia page on RSA numbers, can you believe this number has not been factored:

12462036678171878406583504460810659043482037465167880575481878 88832896668011882108550360395702725087475098647684384586210548 65537970253930571891217684318286362846948405301614416430468066 875699415246993185704183030512549594371372159029236099

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Xcelerate13y ago

That's really cool. I didn't realize how hard it is to factor large numbers. Looking at the Wikipedia page on RSA numbers, can you believe this number has not been factored:

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