Re: Mersenne: V20 beta #4 (will the beta never end?)

2000-04-20 Thread David Campeau
Hi all, Seeing that not every time a stage 1 gcd will result in a factor found, are we not better to wait until the end of stage 2? This way, we could factor deeper. Perhaps this could be yet another option? some preleminary data (on my machine at home): Total P-1 test = 91 Stage 1 factor = 2

Re: Mersenne: V20 beta #4 (will the beta never end?)

2000-04-20 Thread Brian J. Beesley
On 20 Apr 00, at 7:47, David Campeau wrote: Seeing that not every time a stage 1 gcd will result in a factor found, are we not better to wait until the end of stage 2? This way, we could factor deeper. Perhaps this could be yet another option? Maybe I'm guilty here; the very first

Re: Mersenne: V20 beta #4 (will the beta never end?)

2000-04-20 Thread George Woltman
Hi, At 07:47 AM 4/20/00 -0400, David Campeau wrote: Seeing that not every time a stage 1 gcd will result in a factor found, are we not better to wait until the end of stage 2? This way, we could factor deeper. Brian Beesley's timings showed that running the Stage 1 GCD will save time in the

Re: Mersenne: V20 beta #4 (will the beta never end?)

2000-04-20 Thread Nathan Russell
From: George Woltman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "David Campeau" [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Mersenne: V20 beta #4 (will the beta never end?) Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:43:46 -0400 Hi, At 07:47 AM 4/20/00 -0400, David Campeau wrote: Seeing that not every time a s

Re: Mersenne: V20 beta #4 (will the beta never end?)

2000-04-13 Thread Martijn Kruithof
Martijn Kruithof wrote: Hello, all Furthermore since the 20.62 % is completed it is only stepping percentage as fast as the P-1 phase normally went, the other instance finished the P-2 withing 6 hours! (This one clearly not) Could anyone provide me with a beta #3 mprime so that I can rerun the

Re: Mersenne: V20 beta #4 (will the beta never end?)

2000-04-13 Thread George Woltman
Hi, At 07:34 AM 4/13/00 +0200, Martijn Kruithof wrote: This happened on my machine while switching from beta 3 to beta 4 is this correct? Starting P-1 factoring on M33237229 with B1=33, B2=264 Chance of finding a factor is an estimated 4.08% P-1 on M33237229 with B1=33, B2=264

Re: Mersenne: V20 beta #4 (will the beta never end?)

2000-04-12 Thread Martijn Kruithof
Hello all, This happened on my machine while switching from beta 3 to beta 4 is this correct? Starting P-1 factoring on M33237229 with B1=33, B2=264 Chance of finding a factor is an estimated 4.08% P-1 on M33237229 with B1=33, B2=264 M33237229 stage 2 is 12.08% complete. Time:

Mersenne: V20 beta #4 (will the beta never end?)

2000-04-11 Thread George Woltman
Hi all, The fourth beta is available. It fixes a few more bugs. See the whatsnew.txt at the end of this email. An upgrade from earlier betas is not required, but it can't hurt. You can download it from ftp://entropia.com/gimps/v20/p95setup.exe or ftp://entropia.com/gimps/v20/prime95.zip or