> it could have implications on all modern public key based cryptography

Here's a nice low-budget scifi movie about this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_Salesman_(2012_film...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgeyHkP6i3g (full movie)

This is a book about this:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37986693-factor-man

That premise is great.