After German mathematician Gerd Faltings proved the Mordell conjecture in 1983, he was awarded the Fields Medal, often described as the “Nobel Prize of Mathematics.” The conjecture describes the set ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The general number field sieve (GNFS) is the most efficient algorithm known for factoring large integers. It consists of several stages, the ...