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New features:
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An experimental implementation of
the number field sieve (NFS) is now available.
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The Cunningham database of factorizations of the form
due to Brent and te Riele has been updated to the latest version
(April 11, 2001).
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The function KroneckerSymbol(x, y) now works for y = 0, and
matches the definition given in Cohen for y < 0.
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Many of the basic functions for orders of number fields have been
extended to include the ring of integers.
Bug fixes:
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Raising
to the power of
now returns 0 instead of
an error.