README file for `FactInt' package.

This package for GAP 4 provides routines for 
integer factorization, in particular:

 - Pollard's p-1
 - Williams' p+1
 - The Elliptic Curves Method (ECM)
 - The Continued Fraction Algorithm (CFRAC)
 - The Multiple Polynomial Quadratic Sieve (MPQS)

It is completely written in the GAP language and contains /
requires no external binaries. 
No other packages are needed.
It must be installed in the pkg subdirectory of the 
GAP distribution.

Just extract the distribution file in the proper place
and then load the package via RequirePackage( "factint" );

If you have problems with this package, wish to make comments
or suggestions, or if you find bugs, please send e-mail to

kohl@mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de

