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4:37 AM

linked-questions The answer "Can a number be factored quickly, given the sum of its prime factors?" links to "an older answer" by the same user: How hard is it to compute the number of prime factors of a given integer? The other answer links to: How to quickly determine whether a given natural number is a power of another natural number?

A temporary comment in order to get the linked questions updated : How hard is it to compute the number of prime factors of a given integer? and How to quickly determine whether a given natural number is a power of another natural number? — Martin Sleziak 4 mins ago

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Martin Sleziak

8:00 AM

I have used the above question as an example in my post: Retroactively add linked questions.

Q: Retroactively add linked questions

Any question on MathOverflow (or other Stack Exchange site) shows the list of linked questions in the sidebar. A question is added there if there is a link between the two questions somewhere on the page. (I.e., in questions, answers, comments. The "linked relation" is symmetric.) However, when ...