Crackpot factoring scheme?

Dann Corbit · science forum beginner Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 47

I was just thinking about numbers, and composites in particular.

If we consider some composite (M*K), that means that it can be divided into
'K' equal lengths of M units.

This means (additionally) that every composite M*K can be turned into a
regular K-gon with sides of length M. (For degenerate 2-sided K-gons, we
will factor out the 2's until it is not an even number or 2 is remaining).

I am wondering if there is any trigonometric property or identity for
regular N-gons that might be helpful in factoring.

Thoughts?

Gerry Myerson · science forum Guru Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 871

In article <e9p1lh$3nj$1@nntp.aioe.org>,
"Dann Corbit" <dcorbit@connx.com> wrote:

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