RE: Mersenne: p-1 records

2001-12-05 Thread Paul Leyland
> Is this a bug in the reporting software? I don't have the > tools to work it out exactly, but a 103-bit number should be slightly larger > than 2^103, or Nope. A 103-bit number N should lie in the range 2^102 <= N < 2^103. > Something really odd is going on. Perhaps this small example w

Re: Mersenne: p-1 records

2001-12-05 Thread Henk Stokhorst
Nathan Russell wrote: >> 12348829 103 F 9722991869324431663702571958950 22-Feb-01 07:48 >> SCUM C7375CE26 > > > Is this a bug in the reporting software? I don't have the tools to > work it out exactly, but a 103-bit number should be slightly larger > than 2^103, or > 101412048018

Re: Mersenne: p-1 records

2001-12-04 Thread George Woltman
At 05:40 PM 12/4/2001 -0500, Nathan Russell wrote: >>12348829 103 F 9722991869324431663702571958950 22-Feb-01 07:48 > >Is this a bug in the reporting software? >Something really odd is going on. Yes. The structure used to pass back factors found only supports factors up to 32 digits. The

Re: Mersenne: p-1 records

2001-12-04 Thread Nathan Russell
At 10:28 PM 12/4/2001 +0100, Henk Stokhorst wrote: (as part of a listing of factors found by himself) >12348829 103 F 9722991869324431663702571958950 22-Feb-01 07:48 >SCUM C7375CE26 Is this a bug in the reporting software? I don't have the tools to work it out exactly, but a 103

Mersenne: p-1 records

2001-12-04 Thread Henk Stokhorst
Gordon Spence wrote: > > Currently my team report cleared list shows 338 double checks and 12 > double checked factored including this monster > > 6630223 87 DF 195139088771490335223859559 07-Apr-01 07:58 trilog > > (In fact when it was checked in PrimeNet initially rejected it because > it was