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Trial Division


A brute-force method of finding a divisor of an integer n by simply plugging in one or a set of integers and seeing if they divide n. Repeated application of trial division to obtain the complete prime factorization of a number is called direct search factorization. An individual integer being tested is called a trial divisor.


See also

Direct Search Factorization, Division, Prime Factorization

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References

Flannery, S. and Flannery, D. In Code: A Mathematical Journey. London: Profile Books, pp. 36-37, 2000.

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Trial Division

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Trial Division." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/TrialDivision.html

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