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Fermat's method of factorisation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2015

Peter Shiu
Peter Shiu*
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353 Fulwood Road, Sheffield S10 3BQ, e-mail: p.shiu@yahoo.co.uk
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 99 , Issue 544 , March 2015 , pp. 97 - 103
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