16.3 Factoring with Elliptic Curves

• I found it interesting to find that elliptic curve factorization method is more dependable than the p-1 factorization method since it only requires that there be enough smooth numbers around p opposed to p having to be smooth (like in the p-1 method).
• I was a little confused on the relationship between addition in the elliptic curve and the multiplication of corresponding numbers. There was an example in the book but I didn't fully understand it.