This paper reviews some of the known algorithms for factoring polynomials over finite fields and presents a new deterministic procedure for reducing the problem of factoring an arbitrary polynomial ...

Robert J. McEliece, Factorization of Polynomials Over Finite Fields, Mathematics of Computation, Vol. 23, No. 108 (Oct., 1969), pp. 861-867+s16-s21 ...

Algebra has become an inequitable barrier to college and career. It’s time to stop making learners factor polynomials. It’s time to start using computers for what they’re good at--crunch big ...