Pollard's p − 1 algorithm (First Category Integer Factoring Integer Factoring)

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Time Complexity

$O(B*log B*log^{2}(n)$)?

Space Complexity

$O(n+B)$ bits

(the number M requires O((log B)*pi(B)) = O(B) bits, and the other numbers require O(n) bits)

Description

Approximate?

Exact

Randomized?

No, deterministic

Model of Computation

Word RAM?

Year

1974

Reference

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mathematical-proceedings-of-the-cambridge-philosophical-society/article/theorems-on-factorization-and-primality-testing/6762E84DBD34AEF13E6B1D1A8334A989