Perhaps somebody with a little more knowledge about these matters can help this person... Frank Dull ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes: >i am new to this type of stuff and need some help. can you please >point me to some explicit information on the web dealing with the >different factoring methods? i hear about trial factoring and ecm >and p1 and nfs and mpqs and others but am unable to find any >good information about them. how do you figure the information >required for them like bounds and curves and polynomials and such? >i need it as simple as possible since i can not understand half >of what i have seen. > _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers