There is an article this in the new Scientific American on distributed
computing, but no mention of GIMPS. I feel cheated. spike
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Mersenne Prime FAQ --
What is the probability of a successful trial factorisation in the range of
exponants currently being given out (16-17M)?
Are the estimates given by the program for p-1 factorisation accurate?
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Daran G.
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From: Russel Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 20 July 2001 23:42
Subject: Mersenne: 1000 barrier
>I've been with GIMPS for about two years and yesterday achieved
>a personal milestone; I finally broke thru the 1000 barrier and
>
Russ that IS an impressive milestone! I've only been processing 9 days but
we all have to start somewhere. Tell you what, check out
http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?q=Y&a=tpc&s=50009562&f=1220975
61&m=3680928671&p=1. We are looking for some "founding fathers". It'd be
like getting
I'm intending to release a small package of utilities that I have written which relate
to the mprime program.
I could host it at my ISP, but ISP accounts have their disadvantages, and I would
prefer to have an independent account with a URL that won't change in the near future.
Is there a wel
