Pollard's rho algorithm is an algorithm for integer factorization. It was invented by John Pollard in 1975. It uses only a small amount of space, and its...
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problem. The algorithm was introduced in 1978 by the number theorist John M. Pollard, in the same paper as his better-known Pollard's rho algorithm for solving...
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Pollard's rho algorithm for logarithms is an algorithm introduced by John Pollard in 1978 to solve the discrete logarithm problem, analogous to Pollard's...
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Cycle detection (redirect from Floyd's cycle-finding algorithm.)
cases where neither of these are possible. The classic example is Pollard's rho algorithm for integer factorization, which searches for a factor p of a given...
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Several algorithms created by British mathematician John Pollard: Pollard's kangaroo algorithm Pollard's p − 1 algorithm Pollard's rho algorithm Pollard (coin)...
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Baby-step giant-step Index calculus algorithm Pohlig–Hellman algorithm Pollard's rho algorithm for logarithms Euclidean algorithm: computes the greatest common...
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algorithms such as Pollard's rho algorithm. Functional programming languages often discourage or do not support explicit in-place algorithms that overwrite...
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efficient algorithm since, for example, the Pollard's rho algorithm is able to find a collision in SHA-2 more efficiently than Grover's algorithm. Grover's...
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Integer factorization (redirect from Prime factorization algorithm)
example, naive trial division is a Category 1 algorithm. Trial division Wheel factorization Pollard's rho algorithm, which has two common flavors to identify...
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Discrete logarithm (section Algorithms)
calculus algorithm Number field sieve Pohlig–Hellman algorithm Pollard's rho algorithm for logarithms Pollard's kangaroo algorithm (aka Pollard's lambda...
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logarithm of 2 Neper Offset logarithmic integral pH Pollard's kangaroo algorithm Pollard's rho algorithm for logarithms Polylogarithm Polylogarithmic function...
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ρ, spectral radius of a square matrix Pollard's rho algorithm, for integer factorization Pollard's rho algorithm for logarithms ρ, prime constant ρ, plastic...
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Baby-step giant-step (category Number theoretic algorithms)
first step of the algorithm. Doing so increases the running time, which then is O(n/m). Alternatively one can use Pollard's rho algorithm for logarithms...
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factorization algorithms are known, they are slower than the fastest primality testing methods. Trial division and Pollard's rho algorithm can be used to...
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Pollard's p − 1 algorithm is a number theoretic integer factorization algorithm, invented by John Pollard in 1974. It is a special-purpose algorithm, meaning...
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essential step in several integer factorization algorithms, such as Pollard's rho algorithm, Shor's algorithm, Dixon's factorization method and the Lenstra...
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order where the discrete logarithm solution lies unlike with the Pollard's rho or Pollard's kangaroo. Input: Discrete logarithm generator g {\displaystyle...
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for the calculation of discrete logarithms. His factorization algorithms include the rho, p − 1, and the first version of the special number field sieve...
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EdDSA (redirect from Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm)
parameters, except for the arbitrary choice of base point—for example, Pollard's rho algorithm for logarithms is expected to take approximately ℓ π / 4 {\displaystyle...
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contract, not just the fraudulent one. Pollard's rho algorithm for logarithms is an example for an algorithm using a birthday attack for the computation...
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perform exponentiation in a quadratic field. It is analogous to Pollard's p − 1 algorithm. Choose some integer A greater than 2 which characterizes the...
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Lucas–Lehmer test for Mersenne numbers AKS primality test Pollard's p − 1 algorithm Pollard's rho algorithm Lenstra elliptic curve factorization Quadratic sieve...
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John Pollard 1974 – Quadtree developed by Raphael Finkel and J.L. Bentley 1975 – Genetic algorithms popularized by John Holland 1975 – Pollard's rho algorithm...
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Shor's algorithm is a quantum algorithm for finding the prime factors of an integer. It was developed in 1994 by the American mathematician Peter Shor...
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than 1015000). In 1980 he and John Pollard factored the eighth Fermat number using a variant of the Pollard rho algorithm. He later factored the tenth and...
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multiplication algorithm is an algorithm (or method) to multiply two numbers. Depending on the size of the numbers, different algorithms are more efficient...
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Discrete logarithm records (category Asymmetric-key algorithms)
curve, using an optimized FPGA implementation of a parallel version of Pollard's rho method. The attack ran for about six months on 64 to 576 FPGAs in parallel...
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AKS primality test (redirect from AKS algorithm)
primality test and cyclotomic AKS test) is a deterministic primality-proving algorithm created and published by Manindra Agrawal, Neeraj Kayal, and Nitin Saxena...
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requires about O ( p 1 / 2 ) {\displaystyle O(p^{1/2})} time using the Pollards rho algorithm. The most famous example of Montgomery curve is Curve25519 which...
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currently best known discrete logarithm attack is the generic Pollard's rho algorithm, requiring about 2 122.5 {\displaystyle 2^{122.5}} group operations...
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