-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hello, tcmay wrote: ...
Prime Factoring? Primes are easy to factor, of course. (Hint: Every prime has two factors.) ...
Can someone enlighten me as to what the two factors are? With sensible definitions I've heard you either get one (just itself) or four (itself [p], both units [1,-1] and the co-whatsitsname [-p]). (Sorry to pick on tcmay, but usually when you factorise a number you *never* put it a "1*", for example: 6 = 2*3 9 = 3*3*3 and 7 = 7 not 7 = 1*7 , so I suspect the usual statement would be "Every prime has one factor.".) Or am I totally clueless? Jiri - -- If you want an answer, please mail to <jirib@cs.monash.edu.au>. On sweeney, I may delete without reading! PGP 463A14D5 (but it's at home so it'll take a day or two) PGP EF0607F9 (but it's at uni so don't rely on it too much) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2i iQCVAwUBMNdXQyxV6mvvBgf5AQEaNwP/RB9ABUWWX20hChSFC5embOLwv7dhI4qU rJkz/VmOM8y746be87nAIKCih3hJCz7G4OqsqiVdtvhx2FqldqSuw6Jmp3Mx41ut l+OdwwHYH0K7OH1SIRr9nfpZ4IuZ3dsXVTTPl1H8Z3ktv5B4hFziLiIt3WPZTqVu k4nXVsirfuo= =X1zb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----