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Re: What ever happened to... Cray Comp/NSA co-development
On Wed, 20 Dec 1995, Jiri Baum wrote:
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> Hello,
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> tcmay wrote:
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> > Prime Factoring? Primes are easy to factor, of course. (Hint: Every prime
> > has two factors.)
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> Can someone enlighten me as to what the two factors are?
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The two factors of a prime number are itself and one. However, prime
factoring usually refers to (?) factoring a number out into it's
component prime numbers.
Tobin Fricke