Is there a double check for factoring when no factor is found? Since it seems to be interesting to know what are the smallest factors of mersenne numbers, it seems wothwhile to have a proof (by double checking) that the smallest factor is, say, >2^66 (This also applies to the case where factors are indeed found - to verify that no smaller one was missed due to an error).
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