Mathematics of Computation

Author(s): Jason E. Gower; Samuel S. Wagstaff Jr..
Journal: Math. Comp. 77 (2008), 551-588.
MSC (2000): Primary 11A51, 11E16, 11R11, 11Y05
Posted: May 14, 2007
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Abstract: We present a detailed analysis of SQUFOF, Daniel Shanks' Square Form Factorization algorithm. We give the average time and space requirements for SQUFOF. We analyze the effect of multipliers, either used for a single factorization or when racing the algorithm in parallel.

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Jason E. Gower
Affiliation: Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, 424 Lind Hall, 207 Church St. S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0436
Email: gower@ima.umn.edu

Samuel S. Wagstaff Jr.
Affiliation: Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security, and Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
Email: ssw@cerias.purdue.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-07-02010-8
PII: S 0025-5718(07)02010-8
Keywords: Integer factorization, binary quadratic form
Received by editor(s): March 13, 2005
Received by editor(s) in revised form: November 9, 2006
Posted: May 14, 2007
Additional Notes: This paper is based on the Ph.D. thesis of the first author, supervised by the second author. Both authors are grateful for the support of the CERIAS Center at Purdue University and by the Lilly Endowment Inc.
Dedicated: This paper is dedicated to the memory of Daniel Shanks
Copyright of article: Copyright 2007, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.

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