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Old November 4th, 2009, 01:30 PM
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But you still get to factorize 84, so the whole point is lost.
So does this show that factorization is necessary to solve this type of problem ? But factorizing the sum of the two prime factors wouldn't it be easier than factorizing the semiprime itself (since the sum is obviously a lot smaller and even) ? There might be a way around this ?
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