I'd just like to get a clarification on some files I downloaded from the Entropia FTP.
Re the file of exponents, and how far they have been trial factored.
I extracted a range using the decomp program. Each exponent has a number by the side, but I am unclear to what this number refers.
Is it
a) The bitlength of the K value alone i.e. a bit length of 32 would indicate all K values 1 to (2^32) have been tested ?
or
b) The bitlength of 2 x K x Exp + 1 as computed ?
Just to save me repeating previously done work.
The answer is B. It the length of the actual factor being
tested. Therefore, 10000139,64 means that all potential
factors thru 2^64 (18,446,744,073,709,551,615) have been
tested (all ~10^12 of them).
Eric
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