At 05:40 PM 12/4/2001 -0500, Nathan Russell wrote:
>>12348829 103 F 9722991869324431663702571958950 22-Feb-01 07:48 > >Is this a bug in the reporting software? >Something really odd is going on. Yes. The structure used to pass back factors found only supports factors up to 32 digits. The server misreports the bit-length for very large factors. You may notice that when you finish an assignment two messages are sent to the server. One is the aforementioned C structure. The other is a text message (the same text as is written to results.txt). Fortunately, I use the text messages to update my databases which has no such 32 digit limitation. The largest factor found by P-1 factoring of large exponents is 35 digits: 13187813 63113922700063643342764849026462401 _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
