feat: add rho-Pollard example

examples/pollard_rho.nim

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+## Pollard's rho algorithm
+##
+## This file illustrates how to find a factor of an integer using
+## [Pollard's rho algorithm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollard%27s_rho_algorithm).
+
+import bigints
+import std/options
+import std/strformat
+
+
+func pollardRho(
+  n: BigInt,
+  polynomial: proc(x: BigInt): BigInt {.noSideEffect.},
+  initialValue: BigInt = 2.initBigInt): Option[BigInt] =
+  ## Performs Pollard's rho algorithm to find a non-trivial factor of `n`.
+  func polynomialMod(x: BigInt): BigInt =
+    polynomial(x) mod n
+
+  var
+    turtle = initialValue
+    hare = initialValue
+    divisor = 1.initBigInt
+
+  while divisor == 1.initBigInt:
+    turtle = polynomialMod(turtle)
+    hare = polynomialMod(polynomialMod(hare))
+    divisor = gcd(turtle - hare, n)
+
+  if divisor != n:
+    some(divisor)
+  else:
+    none(BigInt)
+
+
+func somePolynomial(x: BigInt): BigInt =
+  x * x + 1.initBigInt
+
+
+proc main() =
+  const someNum = "44077431694086786329".initBigInt
+  let result = pollardRho(someNum, somePolynomial)
+  if result.isSome():
+    let factor = result.get()
+    echo fmt"{factor} is a factor of {someNum}"
+    assert someNum mod factor == 0.initBigInt
+  else:
+    echo fmt"could not find a factor of {someNum}"
+
+
+main()