Daran,
I waited a few days for someone more able than myself to reply. They
must all be busy, so I'll give a response as best I can...
I read somewhere that factoring has a success rate of 20%.
Version 19 fixed a bug that was underestimating the time necessary, in
the early stages, by about 40%.
Carleton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 9:27 PM
Subject: Mersenne: Factorisation
> What is the probability of a successful trial factorisation in the range
of
> exponants currently being given out (16-17M)?
>
> Are the estimates given by the program for p-1 factorisation accurate?
>
> Regards
>
> Daran G.
>
>
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