From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-12-08T23:03:13+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Weird Numbers (#57)

On Dec 8, 2005, at 4:19 AM, Dan Diebolt wrote:

> I found this program msieve.exe that does Quadratic Seive Factoring  
> of arbitrary integers and I wonder if there is time enough to put  
> together a brute force solution to the Weird Number quiz before the  
> summary comes out.

No.  ;)  But don't let that discourage you from playing with the  
idea.  Summaries are about my schedule.  Solutions are about yours.   
They're only loosely related.

> Is there any rule on the Quiz the prevents helper codes from being  
> used?

Not at all.  We're not much of a rules bunch.

James Edward Gray II