[OT] On factoring integers of the form n=(x^D+1)(y^D+1) and n=(x^D+a_(D-2)x^(D-2)+...a_{D-2}(x^{D-2}))(y^D+b_{D-2}(y^{D-2}+...b_0)) with x,y of the same size
Georgi Guninski <[email protected]> Sat, 27 Sep 2025 16:07:36 +0300
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Apologies for OT.
From our preprint [1].
> We got plausible algorithm and strong numerical evidence
that integers of the form $n=(x^D+a_{D-2}x^{D-2}+\cdots a_0)
(y^D+b_{D-2}y^{D-2}+\cdots b_0)$ with $x,y$ of the same size
and $C=\max\{a_i,b_i\}$ and $a_i \ge 0,b_i \ge 0$ can be factored in
$O(\mathrm{polynomial}(C \log(n)))$. A special case for $D>1$ is
$n=(x^D+1)(y^D+1)$ We tested thousands of testcases without failure.
The preprint define $r_1=\lfloor n^{\frac1D}\rfloor-x_0 y_0$
and conjectures that $r_1$ is "small".
Given $n=f(x_0)g(y_0),f(x),g(y)$, assume we are given $r_1$ too.
Then we can find $x_0,y_0$ as the integer solutions of
$$ [f(x)g(y)-n,x y-(\lfloor n^{\frac1D}\rfloor-r_1)]$$
with complexity of finding the integer root of univariate polynomial.
This corresponds to the factors of $n$ which are $f(x_0),g(y_0)$.
We don't know $r_1$, but by the conjecture it is in a short known
interval and we enumerate all possibilities.
Example session:
```
Kx.<x,y>=QQ[]
B=2**400;f1=x^4+5*x^2+1;f2=y^4+14*y^2+2;x0,y0=[randint(B,2*B) for _ in
(1,2)];n=f1(x0,0)*f2(0,y0)
%time ss=guninski_fg(n,f1,f2,L=None,allsols=False,prot=1) #Wall time: 71.5 ms
print("log(sol,2)=",RR(ss[0]).log(2)) #log(sol,2)= 1602.01840756461
```
1. Is this correct?
2. Is this known?
3. Can it be improved?
[1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395877507_On_factoring_integers_of_the_form_n_x_D_1y_D_1_and_n_x_D_a_D-2_x_D-2_a_0_y_D_b_D-2_y_D-2_b_0_with_x_y_of_the_same_size
Attached is sage code, with link which can be run in a browser.
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