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logged in. Post a reply Topic review (newest first) I don't
follow... how will curve fitting help you factorise a^6 + 8b^6
for example? What is that method? There is a general method for
all types of problems like this one. I read the Wolfram article
again and looked at (21), (22) and (23), I can see where you got
the factors from now. So cyclotomic polynomials cannot be used
for this particular problem because of the two variables? But
how is the Sophie Germain identity generated from cyclotomic
polynomials? I can sort of see where you are getting your x^18 -
1 from (the factors are all cyclotomic polynomials) but how do I
then get that into a useful form, such as your a^6 + 8b^6
example? Me neither but you try to get yours into one of the
forms. I am able to generate them, but I'm not sure how I can
use them here? Looks like the absence of the comma is indicating
that it's not restrict