Jeff Woods wrote:
>>being found. Currently, all exponents thru Prime95's limit of
>>79.3M have been factored to at least 2^50... If a factor is
>>found for an exponent, it's eliminated from further testing
>>of any kind.
>
>Isn't the factor itself verified?
Yes, it is. However, at least in the case of Prime95, George
has written the code such that the factor is validated before
it's even displayed as a being a factor and written to the
results file. If it's invalid, the code continues as if
the "factor" was never found...
Eric
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