Continued fraction factorization (CFRAC) in Python
Expands sqrt(kN) as a continued fraction, keeps the smooth residues A^2 mod N below 2 sqrt(kN), and combines them mod 2 into a congruence of squares. Heuristically L_N[1/2, 2^(1/2)].
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continued_fraction_factorization.py, 200 lines- Level
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- Python 3.14, pytest 9
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
# Part of https://algorithm.tamnd.com/continued-fraction-factorization/. The authors are listed in prov/ZB7C0A.jsonl.
from math import exp, gcd, isqrt, log
MULTIPLIERS = (1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37)
def primes_up_to(b: int) -> list[int]:
"""The primes p <= b, by the sieve of Eratosthenes in O(b log log b) time."""
if b < 2:
return []
sieve = bytearray([1]) * (b + 1)
sieve[0] = sieve[1] = 0
for i in range(2, isqrt(b) + 1):
if sieve[i]:
sieve[i * i :: i] = bytearray(len(range(i * i, b + 1, i)))
return [i for i in range(b + 1) if sieve[i]]
def factor_base(d: int, bound: int) -> list[int]:
"""-1, 2 and the odd primes p <= bound with p | d or d a square modulo p."""
base = [-1, 2]
for p in primes_up_to(bound)[1:]:
if d % p == 0 or pow(d % p, (p - 1) // 2, p) == 1:
base.append(p)
return base
def exponents(v: int, base: list[int]) -> list[int] | None:
"""The exponents of v over the factor base, or None if v is not smooth."""
e = [0] * len(base)
if v < 0:
e[0], v = 1, -v
for j in range(1, len(base)):
p = base[j]
while v % p == 0:
v //= p
e[j] += 1
return e if v == 1 else None
def dependencies(vectors: list[int]) -> list[int]:
"""Subsets (as bit masks over the rows) whose vectors add to zero over GF(2),
by Gaussian elimination on bit masks. One subset per linearly dependent row."""
pivots: dict[int, tuple[int, int]] = {}
found = []
for j, v in enumerate(vectors):
h = 1 << j
while v:
top = v.bit_length() - 1
if top not in pivots:
pivots[top] = (v, h)
break
pv, ph = pivots[top]
v, h = v ^ pv, h ^ ph
if v == 0:
found.append(h)
return found
def cfrac(n: int, k: int = 1, bound: int = 0, extra: int = 10, limit: int = 0) -> int:
"""Morrison-Brillhart continued fraction factorization of n with multiplier k.
Precondition: n >= 3 odd, not a prime power, k >= 1, k * n not a square.
It expands sqrt(k n) until it has len(base) + extra smooth residues
(-1)^i Q_i, or `limit` steps, then combines them by linear algebra over GF(2).
Returns a proper factor of n, or 1 if this multiplier fails.
Cost: heuristically L_n[1/2, sqrt(2)] steps with the best bound and trial
division; the elimination costs O(K^3 / w) for K primes in the base.
"""
if n < 3 or k < 1:
raise ValueError("need n >= 3 and k >= 1")
d = k * n # @line L1
a0 = isqrt(d)
if a0 * a0 == d:
raise ValueError("k * n must not be a perfect square")
if bound <= 0:
ln = log(n)
bound = max(30, int(exp(0.5 * (ln * log(ln)) ** 0.5)))
base = factor_base(d, bound)
if limit <= 0:
limit = 2000 * len(base) + 10000
p, q_prev, q = a0, 1, d - a0 * a0 # @line L2
a_prev, a = 1, a0 % n
rels: list[tuple[int, list[int]]] = []
i = 1
while len(rels) < len(base) + extra and i < limit: # @line L3
e = exponents(q if i % 2 == 0 else -q, base) # @line L4
if e is not None:
rels.append((a, e))
b = (a0 + p) // q # @line L5
p_new = b * q - p
q_prev, q = q, q_prev + b * (p - p_new)
p = p_new
a_prev, a = a, (b * a + a_prev) % n
i += 1
vectors = [sum((c & 1) << j for j, c in enumerate(e)) for _, e in rels]
for mask in dependencies(vectors): # @line L6
x, total = 1, [0] * len(base) # @line L7
for j, (aj, e) in enumerate(rels):
if mask >> j & 1:
x = x * aj % n
total = [s + c for s, c in zip(total, e)]
y = 1
for pj, c in zip(base[1:], total[1:]):
y = y * pow(pj, c // 2, n) % n
g = gcd(x - y, n) # @line L8
if 1 < g < n:
return g
return 1 # @line L9
_BASES = (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41)
def is_probable_prime(n: int) -> bool:
"""Strong probable-prime test to the 13 prime bases up to 41.
It is a proof of primality for n < 3317044064679887385961981 (about 3.3 * 10^24)."""
if n < 2:
return False
for p in _BASES:
if n % p == 0:
return n == p
d, s = n - 1, 0
while d % 2 == 0:
d, s = d // 2, s + 1
for a in _BASES:
x = pow(a, d, n)
if x in (1, n - 1):
continue
for _ in range(s - 1):
x = x * x % n
if x == n - 1:
break
else:
return False
return True
def iroot(m: int, e: int) -> int:
"""The integer e-th root floor(m^(1/e)) of m >= 0, by Newton's method."""
if m < 2:
return m
x = 1 << ((m.bit_length() + e - 1) // e)
while True:
y = ((e - 1) * x + m // x ** (e - 1)) // e
if y >= x:
return x
x = y
def _split(m: int) -> int:
"""A proper factor of a composite m with no prime factor below 100.
A perfect power r^e is split by r. Otherwise CFRAC runs with the multipliers
in turn. Trial division is the last resort."""
for e in range(2, m.bit_length() // 6 + 2):
r = iroot(m, e)
if r**e == m:
return r
for k in MULTIPLIERS:
if gcd(k, m) > 1:
continue
s = isqrt(k * m)
if s * s == k * m:
continue
g = cfrac(m, k)
if g > 1:
return g
d = 101
while m % d:
d += 2
return d
def factorize(n: int) -> list[int]:
"""Prime factors of n >= 1 in non-decreasing order, with multiplicity.
Trial division removes the primes below 100, then each composite part is split
by CFRAC. A loop with an explicit stack replaces recursion."""
if n < 1:
raise ValueError("n must be a positive integer")
out: list[int] = []
for d in range(2, 100):
while n % d == 0:
out.append(d)
n //= d
stack = [n]
while stack:
m = stack.pop()
if m == 1:
continue
if is_probable_prime(m):
out.append(m)
continue
g = _split(m)
stack.extend((g, m // g))
return sorted(out)
test_continued_fraction_factorization.py 189 lines
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
# Part of https://algorithm.tamnd.com/continued-fraction-factorization/. The authors are listed in prov/ZB7C0A.jsonl.
import math
import random
import pytest
from continued_fraction_factorization import (
MULTIPLIERS,
cfrac,
dependencies,
exponents,
factor_base,
factorize,
)
CARMICHAEL = [561, 1105, 1729, 2465, 2821, 6601, 8911, 10585, 15841, 29341, 41041, 46657,
52633, 62745, 63973, 75361, 101101, 115921, 126217, 162401, 172081, 188461,
252601, 278545, 294409, 314821, 334153, 340561, 399001, 410041, 449065,
488881, 512461, 3215031751]
def is_prime(n: int) -> bool:
"""Deterministic Miller-Rabin for n < 3.3 * 10^24, written here independently."""
assert n < 3317044064679887385961981
if n < 2:
return False
small = (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41)
for p in small:
if n % p == 0:
return n == p
d, s = n - 1, 0
while d % 2 == 0:
d, s = d // 2, s + 1
for a in small:
x = pow(a, d, n)
if x in (1, n - 1):
continue
for _ in range(s - 1):
x = x * x % n
if x == n - 1:
break
else:
return False
return True
def random_prime(rng: random.Random, bits: int) -> int:
while True:
p = rng.getrandbits(bits) | (1 << (bits - 1)) | 1
if is_prime(p):
return p
def check(n: int) -> list[int]:
f = factorize(n)
assert math.prod(f) == n
assert all(is_prime(p) for p in f)
assert f == sorted(f)
return f
def test_example() -> None:
n = 9073
base = factor_base(n, 20)
assert base == [-1, 2, 3, 7, 11, 13]
assert exponents(-48, base) == [1, 4, 1, 0, 0, 0]
assert exponents(139, base) is None
assert (95 * 2619) % n == 3834
assert math.gcd(3834 - 36, n) == 211
assert cfrac(n, 1, 20) in (43, 211)
assert factorize(n) == [43, 211]
def test_convergent_identity() -> None:
# A_(i-1)^2 - D B_(i-1)^2 = (-1)^i Q_i for the first 200 steps.
for d in (9073, 11111, 87463, 10**12 + 39):
a0 = math.isqrt(d)
p, q_prev, q = a0, 1, d - a0 * a0
a_prev, a, b_prev, b_cur = 1, a0, 0, 1
for i in range(1, 200):
assert a * a - d * b_cur * b_cur == (-1) ** i * q
assert 0 < q < 2 * math.isqrt(d) + 2
b = (a0 + p) // q
p_new = b * q - p
q_prev, q = q, q_prev + b * (p - p_new)
p = p_new
a_prev, a = a, b * a + a_prev
b_prev, b_cur = b_cur, b * b_cur + b_prev
def test_dependencies() -> None:
rng = random.Random(7)
for _ in range(200):
rows = [rng.getrandbits(12) for _ in range(rng.randrange(1, 20))]
for mask in dependencies(rows):
acc = 0
for j, v in enumerate(rows):
if mask >> j & 1:
acc ^= v
assert mask and acc == 0
assert len(dependencies(rows)) >= len(rows) - 12
def test_returns_divisor() -> None:
rng = random.Random(1975)
for _ in range(300):
n = rng.randrange(10**4, 10**8) | 1
if math.isqrt(n) ** 2 == n:
continue
g = cfrac(n)
assert g == 1 or (1 < g < n and n % g == 0)
if is_prime(n):
assert g == 1
def test_edges() -> None:
for args in ((2,), (1,), (9,), (15, 0), (7, 7)):
with pytest.raises(ValueError):
cfrac(*args)
with pytest.raises(ValueError):
factorize(0)
assert factorize(1) == []
assert factorize(2) == [2]
assert factorize(3) == [3]
assert factorize(2**61 - 1) == [2**61 - 1]
assert factorize(2**40) == [2] * 40
assert factorize(101**2) == [101, 101]
assert factorize(101**3) == [101] * 3
assert factorize(1000003**2) == [1000003, 1000003]
assert factorize(10007**3) == [10007] * 3
assert factorize(1000003 * 1000033) == [1000003, 1000033]
def test_all_small() -> None:
for n in range(1, 100001):
f = factorize(n)
assert math.prod(f) == n
assert all(is_prime(p) for p in f)
def test_multipliers_cover_small() -> None:
# Every odd n < 30000 with two prime factors above 100 is split by some k.
for n in range(10201, 30001, 2):
if any(n % p == 0 for p in range(3, 101, 2)) or is_prime(n):
continue
if math.isqrt(n) ** 2 == n:
continue
for k in MULTIPLIERS:
if math.gcd(k, n) > 1 or math.isqrt(k * n) ** 2 == k * n:
continue
g = cfrac(n, k)
if g > 1:
assert n % g == 0 and g < n
break
else:
raise AssertionError(n)
def test_carmichael() -> None:
for n in CARMICHAEL + [2199733160881]:
check(n)
def test_random_semiprimes() -> None:
rng = random.Random(1403)
for bits in range(4, 31):
for _ in range(2):
p, q = random_prime(rng, bits), random_prime(rng, bits)
assert check(p * q) == sorted([p, q])
def test_close_primes() -> None:
p = 1000003
for _ in range(6):
q = p + 2
while not is_prime(q):
q += 2
assert check(p * q) == [p, q]
p = q
def test_random_smooth() -> None:
rng = random.Random(2047)
primes = [p for p in range(101, 3000) if is_prime(p)]
for k in range(1, 9):
f = sorted(rng.choice(primes) for _ in range(k))
assert check(math.prod(f)) == f
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