• 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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  • analogous to Pollard's p − 1 algorithm. Choose some integer A greater than 2 which characterizes the Lucas sequence: V 0 = 2 , V 1 = A , V j = A V j − 1 − V j...
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  • 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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  • and computational algebra, Pollard's kangaroo algorithm (also Pollard's lambda algorithm, see Naming below) is an algorithm for solving the discrete logarithm...
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  • for p and q is trivial. Furthermore, if either p1 or q − 1 has only small prime factors, n can be factored quickly by Pollard's p1 algorithm, and...
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  • Several algorithms created by British mathematician John Pollard: Pollard's kangaroo algorithm Pollard's p1 algorithm Pollard's rho algorithm Pollard (coin)...
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    to rapidly eliminate many Mersenne numbers with small factors. Pollard's p1 algorithm is also used to search for smooth factors. In 2018, GIMPS adopted...
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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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  • John M. Pollard (born 1941) is a British mathematician who has invented algorithms for the factorization of large numbers and for the calculation of discrete...
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  • P1 (redirect from P-1)
    single-stranded DNA as well as RNA Period 1 of the periodic table Pollard's p1 algorithm for integer factorization P-ONE - a proposed neutrino detector P1...
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  • Brent. Algebraic-group factorization algorithms, among which are Pollard's p1 algorithm, Williams' p + 1 algorithm, and Lenstra elliptic curve factorization...
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  • factor. As of 2024, test candidates are mainly filtered using Pollard's p1 algorithm. Trial division is implemented, but Prime95 is rarely used for...
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  • Dixon's algorithm Fermat's factorization method General number field sieve Lenstra elliptic curve factorization Pollard's p − 1 algorithm Pollard's rho algorithm...
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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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  • march algorithm developed by R. A. Jarvis 1973 – Hopcroft–Karp algorithm developed by John Hopcroft and Richard Karp 1974 – Pollard's p − 1 algorithm developed...
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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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  • 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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  • n-powersmooth numbers have applications in number theory, such as in Pollard's p − 1 algorithm and ECM. Such applications are often said to work with "smooth...
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  • prevent the system being broken by some factorization algorithms such as Pollard's p1 algorithm. However, with the current factorization technology,...
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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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    The Karatsuba algorithm is a fast multiplication algorithm for integers. It was discovered by Anatoly Karatsuba in 1960 and published in 1962. It is a...
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  • Cipolla's algorithm is a technique for solving a congruence of the form x 2 ≡ n ( mod p ) , {\displaystyle x^{2}\equiv n{\pmod {p}},} where x , n ∈ F p {\displaystyle...
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  • Tonelli–Shanks algorithm (referred to by Shanks as the RESSOL algorithm) is used in modular arithmetic to solve for r in a congruence of the form r2 ≡ n (mod p), where...
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  • two strong primes. This makes the factorization of n = pq using Pollard's p − 1 algorithm computationally infeasible. For this reason, strong primes are...
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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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  • 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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  • A division algorithm is an algorithm which, given two integers N and D (respectively the numerator and the denominator), computes their quotient and/or...
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    theory, the Pohlig–Hellman algorithm, sometimes credited as the Silver–Pohlig–Hellman algorithm, is a special-purpose algorithm for computing discrete logarithms...
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    The binary GCD algorithm, also known as Stein's algorithm or the binary Euclidean algorithm, is an algorithm that computes the greatest common divisor...
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  • or Rabin–Miller primality test is a probabilistic primality test: an algorithm which determines whether a given number is likely to be prime, similar...
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