Factoring: A method of financing accounts receivable. A firm sells its accounts to a financial institution, which serves as the factor. The receivables are then sold. If accounts prove ...

A method is given for converting any procedure that finds roots into one which finds arbitrary factors. Thus the rational root test gives rise to an effective procedure for factoring polynomials over ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The continued fraction method for factoring integers, which was introduced by D. H. Lehmer and R. E. Powers, is discussed along with its ...