Factoring: A method of financing accounts receivable. A firm sells its accounts to a financial institution, which serves as the factor. The receivables are then sold. If accounts prove uncollectible, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The continued fraction method for factoring integers, which was introduced by D. H. Lehmer and R. E. Powers, is discussed along with its ...

Researchers introduced new concepts and arithmetic functions that could play a significant role in the quantum factorization problem. The Factorization Ensemble is the main one; it allows us to bind ...

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