Mersenne: RE: Factoring top 10

2002-02-12 Thread Aaron Blosser
Okay, those are HUGE factors. Have the predictions on the work eliminated by P-1 factoring been pretty much confirmed by the # of large factors found? In other words, is the extra processing time paying off? I'd hazard a guess that the time saving is indeed appreciable, but I wonder if anyone

Re: Mersenne: RE: Factoring top 10

2002-02-12 Thread bjb
On 12 Feb 2002, at 12:41, Aaron Blosser wrote: Have the predictions on the work eliminated by P-1 factoring been pretty much confirmed by the # of large factors found? In other words, is the extra processing time paying off? I'd hazard a guess that the time saving is indeed appreciable,