I can't tell you what is causing that, but I can tell you that it has happened to me as well. I have only noticed it on a machine which I switched to factoring because it consistently got errors during LL testing. With TF I get no errors, but do get the occasional hiccup, maybe once every six months.
Regards, Steve -----Original Message----- From: Gordon Bower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, February 13, 2003 5:28 AM Subject: Mersenne: Factoring hiccup? > > >An odd thing happened today. I have version 21.4.1 on my laptop (a >PIII-1000, but only turned on a few hours a day so that LL tests would >take months) doing trial factoring. I ahppened to see the following in the >screen display tonight: > >[Feb 13 01:44] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 14.43% complete. >[Feb 13 01:45] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 14.46% complete. >[Feb 13 01:46] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 14.49% complete. >[Feb 13 01:47] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 14.52% complete. >[Feb 13 01:48] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 14.55% complete. >[Feb 13 01:49] Factoring M21632497 to 2^67 is 16.14% complete. > >Strange. > >Do we know if this is just a minor glitch in the GUI, or if the factoring >algorithm actually misses factors? > >GRB > > > >_________________________________________________________________________ >Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm >Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers > _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
