Stefan Struiker asked:
>Is a single Double Check always enough to retire an exponent?
>
>Regards,
>Stefanovic
IIRC, George compares the residues once per week of all the double-checks
compared that ween when he updates the database. If they don't match, then
either one or both of the previous runs were in error; this happens about
1.5% of the time. That figure can be expected to increase as people
continue double-checking longer runs. George reissues the mismatched
exponents until two residues match.
Nathan
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