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From: bs@linus.UUCP (Robert D. Silverman)
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Subject: New Factoring Record
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Date: Tue, 4-Aug-87 15:11:01 EDT
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I have just established two new factoring records. I just finished factoring
the following 88 digit number:

   94
 10  + 1
---------
101.45121
 
It was factored by a parallel version of the Multiple Polynomial Quadratic
Sieve (MPQS) and is the largest number ever factored by a general purpose
algorithm. It also represents the first time a 40 digit penultimate factor
of a number has been found. The factorization is:

2144906157509411684424913774078958939881
 
times
 
1023037643093214557651333120422980213172396059301
 

Bob Silverman