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From: JSH on 29 Jun 2010 19:51
When back in 2004 I realized that my research showing a conflict
between algebraic integers and the field of complex numbers would not
be accepted by mathematicians who would rather be in error, I decided
I needed to find something that could not just be ignored, and I
thought the factoring problem was that thing.

Here we are 6 years later and on a convoluted path I've found methods
for handling k^m = q mod N through integer factorization, something I
designated surrogate factoring, and I was wrong, as it is, it seems,
being ignored!

And I realize that years can go by yet again.

There is nothing that will work. There is no discovery that will
change these people. Nothing.

But the world should be ok. Years ago I'd worry a lot but from what
I've seen, no matter how much "experts" screw-up, people just keep
going about their business, if they can. Like now with the oil spill
in the gulf.

Experts have no accountability in the modern world.

You don't have to be right!

You can be complete idiots as long as there is a gang of you, and you
say things that aren't true, make claims that aren't true, and risk
other people's lives because you know it will not matter for you in
the long run. No one really cares.

Oddly enough the world can remain quite secure no matter how powerful
the mathematical ideas I've found may be because BELIEF controls
people to such a degree that no one may bother to exploit the
information.

Sitting here I realize that knowledge can be a curse in a world where
knowledge is not needed to be correct as you look at idiots do well,
ripping on people who are right, but it doesn't matter, because most
people go with the idiots, so even when disaster strikes, they stick
with them, for reasons maybe God only truly knows.

But that's the real world. I'll quietly celebrate my own findings
like I usually do in a world that does not care, and not worry. I
wish I knew years ago what I know now: fools are often safe because of
their own stupidity.

I'm not worried about the world.


James Harris
From: Gordon Burditt on 29 Jun 2010 23:47
>When back in 2004 I realized that my research showing a conflict
>between algebraic integers and the field of complex numbers would not
>be accepted by mathematicians who would rather be in error, I decided
>I needed to find something that could not just be ignored, and I
>thought the factoring problem was that thing.

Trial division as a method of factoring has been known for a long, long
time. Your result is news only if you can prove that it is faster
than existing methods. You refuse to consider such a proof and won't
learn how to do such a proof with O(n) notation.

>Here we are 6 years later and on a convoluted path I've found methods
>for handling k^m = q mod N through integer factorization, something I
>designated surrogate factoring, and I was wrong, as it is, it seems,
>being ignored!

The world does not need a method of factoring slower than trial division.

Real mathematicians do not read math papers coming from people
who do not proofread their work and make frequent errors.

>I'm not worried about the world.

If you're not worried about the world, then factor an RSA challenge
number or something of similar size.

From: Mark Murray on 30 Jun 2010 03:28
On 30/06/2010 00:51, JSH wrote:
> When back in 2004 I realized that my research showing a conflict
> between algebraic integers and the field of complex numbers would not
> be accepted by mathematicians who would rather be in error, I decided
> I needed to find something that could not just be ignored, and I
> thought the factoring problem was that thing.

<Same old rubbish deleted>

James is not here to present results; he's here to argue (or to
brainstorm; it depends on his mood). He's axiomatically correct
in his own mind, so actual debate is of no use.

M
--
Mark "No Nickname" Murray
Notable nebbish, extreme generalist.
From: Simon Johnson on 30 Jun 2010 05:39
> James is not here to present results; he's here to argue (or to
> brainstorm; it depends on his mood). He's axiomatically correct
> in his own mind, so actual debate is of no use.
>

The sad thing about these people is that if they put as much effort in
to learning as they did in to arguing, they might actually produce
something of value.

It's ironic that their own superiority complex prevents them from
actually becoming superior.

Cheers,

Simon.
From: Bruce Stephens on 30 Jun 2010 19:01
JSH <jstevh(a)gmail.com> writes:

> When back in 2004 I realized that my research showing a conflict
> between algebraic integers and the field of complex numbers would not
> be accepted by mathematicians who would rather be in error, I decided
> I needed to find something that could not just be ignored, and I
> thought the factoring problem was that thing.

You were right. Show you can factor large (otherwise unfactorable)
numbers and that would be very hard to ignore.

And to begin with you seemed more optimistic. You tried (not always
very successfully) to describe algorithms and (even better) tried to
implement them. I don't remember you ever trying to analyze complexity,
but that's optional if you can produce a program that runs sufficiently
fast.

But it didn't work out (because you couldn't actually factor numbers
particularly fast), and now you're left giving excuses for not actually
doing whatever you're claiming (normally factoring, but currently (for
variety) the discrete logarithm problem).
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