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[ColorForth] Arbitrary precision math?


The chalange with these problems is to find a trick to help factor the
number.  After the procedure is found, then the implementation can be
done.
	Frank

On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Jack Johnson wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I came across a problem I find interesting.  If you haven't heard of the
> RSA Challenge, RSA Laboratories is giving away cold, hard cash if you can
> factor, oh, a 576-bit number.  Actually, if you can factor a 2048-bit
> number you could net as much as $200,000.
> 
> While I don't anticipate succeeding at the challenge, it made me wonder
> what the (color)Forth approach to arbitrary precision math would be?
> 
> (Well, arbitrarily large as opposed to arbitrarily reasonable.)
> 
> I can think of some solutions, but none of them seem to be elegant.  Has
> anyone explored this territory?
> 
> -Jack
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