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We revisit Fermat's factorization method for a positive integer $n$ that is a product of two primes $p$ and $q$. Such an integer is used as the modulus for both encryption and decryption operations of an RSA cryptosystem. The security of…
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We provide an analogue of Wedderburn's factorization method for central polynomials with coefficients in an octonion division algebra, and present an algorithm for fully factoring polynomials of degree $n$ with $n$ conjugacy classes of…
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We initiate the combinatorial study of factorization systems on finite lattices, paying special attention to the role that reflective and coreflective factorization systems play in partitioning the poset of factorization systems on a fixed…
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