At 10:28 PM 12/4/2001 +0100, Henk Stokhorst wrote: (as part of a listing of factors found by himself)
>12348829 103 F 9722991869324431663702571958950 22-Feb-01 07:48 >SCUM C7375CE26 Is this a bug in the reporting software? I don't have the tools to work it out exactly, but a 103-bit number should be slightly larger than 2^103, or 10141204801825835211973625643008. the factor 9722991869324431663702571958950 is one digit too short, and thus appears to be truncated. The fact that it is even, and there is a relative shortage of Mrsenne numbers wandering about with even factors (or, for that matter, factors of five) would seem to me to confirm that. However, if it were truncated it couldn't have the beginning digit 9 - then it'd have 106 bits, unless my mental math is off. Something really odd is going on. Nathan _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers