This is the p/x approach I was exploring early on. It has been trimmed a bit but for the most part it is undocumented, and largely uncommented, with lots of cruft and deadwood sections--You've been warned.
Meant to be run and explored in-console rather than run as is.
https://files.catbox.moe/1isvyp.pyDo you have what it takes to find a function or equation that links the known set to the unknown set?
edit:
Some explaination.
The unknown set is variables: a, b (in cryptography known as p and q), u, c, t, d4, alpha, beta, etc.
The variables c and d4 are particularly interesting. While it is possible to acquire their quotient c/d4 (given as '_cd4') just from a semiprime itself, the
product of c and d4 is the quotient of the factors of the semiprime.
It goes without saying that finding a function that maps c/d4 to -> cd4 in one step, is by extension equivalent to finding a constant-time factorization algorithm, because if cd4==b/a, then it is trivial to follow through with (p/(cd4)).sqrt(), yielding a, where p=a*b
A canonical example is included, starting with a=d(108271), simply because I find equations easier by looking for relations and patterns between actual numbers.
I ran out of recognizable variable names early on and resorted to the periodic table and terms from particle physics.
[ + ] Monica
[ - ] Monica 4 points 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 17:40:34 ago (+4/-0)
[ + ] Fascinus
[ - ] Fascinus 5 points 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 18:34:41 ago (+5/-0)
https://qu.ax/ZUDy.py
[ + ] prototype
[ - ] prototype [op] 0 points 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 20:29:20 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] MaryXmas
[ - ] MaryXmas 3 points 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 18:50:25 ago (+3/-0)
[ + ] prototype
[ - ] prototype [op] 1 point 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 19:13:36 ago (+1/-0)
Doubt. It's pretty terrible.
[ + ] MaryXmas
[ - ] MaryXmas 2 points 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 19:34:07 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] prototype
[ - ] prototype [op] 1 point 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 19:36:26 ago (+1/-0)
you've seen worse?
[ + ] MaryXmas
[ - ] MaryXmas 1 point 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 20:18:13 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] prototype
[ - ] prototype [op] 2 points 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 20:27:40 ago (+2/-0)
Theres actually some fairly clean documentation, its just the code has become so mutated that the documentation is basically meaningless now.
Also probably more research documents than there are pages in the wheel of time series. Something like 36-40k pages outlining processes, step by step, alterations of algorithms, and failed approaches. Thats not including the data and session logs. Glancing at it all is like staring into the abyss.
[ + ] GrayDragon
[ - ] GrayDragon 3 points 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 18:50:13 ago (+3/-0)
[ + ] prototype
[ - ] prototype [op] 0 points 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 19:23:05 ago (+1/-1)
If you aren't a mathematician and haven't thoroughly examined the math, then I wouldn't count on it.
[ + ] SecretHitler
[ - ] SecretHitler 3 points 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 17:35:55 ago (+3/-0)
It's spelled "whittle"
[ + ] prototype
[ - ] prototype [op] 1 point 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 19:13:21 ago (+1/-0)
I plead "unedited stream-of-consciousness."
[ + ] FacelessOne
[ - ] FacelessOne 2 points 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 18:11:00 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] clymer
[ - ] clymer 1 point 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 21:14:19 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] PotatoWhisperer2
[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 1 point 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 18:21:59 ago (+2/-1)
[ + ] prototype
[ - ] prototype [op] 3 points 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 19:14:07 ago (+3/-0)
Quiet you, or next you'll get it in erlang, or worse, perl.
[ + ] lord_nougat
[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 20:07:36 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Fascinus
[ - ] Fascinus 1 point 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 20:40:51 ago (+1/-0)
It was pretty far from a toy, though and, if you knew what you were doing, you could do a lot of awesome things with it at the time (this was before .net), e.g. Windows Services (like daemons on *nix), COM APIs, Web Services, etc.
[ + ] lord_nougat
[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 21:00:12 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Fascinus
[ - ] Fascinus 1 point 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 21:03:31 ago (+1/-0)
No getting around that, I'm afraid : /
At least that stuff was usable back before they started hiring pajeets.
[ + ] lord_nougat
[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 9 monthsJul 23, 2024 21:05:45 ago (+1/-0)
XP was very nearly decent. I appreciated it sufficiently to actually buy a legit copy.
[ + ] SecretHitler
[ - ] SecretHitler -1 points 9 monthsJul 25, 2024 01:01:50 ago (+0/-1)
[ + ] PotatoWhisperer2
[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 0 points 9 monthsJul 25, 2024 01:11:59 ago (+0/-0)