Re: Factoring benefit/cost ratio (was: Mersenne: Fw: The Mersenne Newsletter, issue #18)

2001-11-29 Thread Daran
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 6:49 PM Subject: Factoring benefit/cost ratio (was: Mersenne: Fw: The Mersenne Newsletter, issue #18) > But ones factoring benefit calculation might ["should"

Factoring benefit/cost ratio (was: Mersenne: Fw: The Mersenne Newsletter, issue #18)

2001-11-26 Thread ribwoods
Earlier, Brian Beesley wrote: > Eh? Doesn't it make more sense to concentrate on factoring > Mnumbers that haven't yet been L-L tested? That way "success" in > finding a factor reduces the number of LL tests, as well as > (eventually) the number of double checks. ... to which Daran G. recently re