That's not what Nathan meant, and it would have the opposite effect of what Torban wants, which is to guarantee that he never LLs an exponent which has not had a full factorisation effort. Your are truly right, Daran. But my name is Torben. And not Torban. Torben means the the bones of the great god THOR. This god is responsible for the ligthning. And is next to the superior god ODIN. :-)
One advantage of this, from Torban's POV, is that his chance of finding a factor through P-1 is *increased* if it has not been properly TFed. What is POV? br tsc _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
