Hi,
At 03:48 PM 10/6/98 CES, Cornelius Caesar wrote:
>I just got 3 numbers assigned in the 1.5 M range using the new version 17
>and am wondering how the "chance of finding a new Mersenne prime" with
>double checking is computed.
>
>For me, it reports "1 in 893774" so obviously it's a slim chance :-),
>probably based just on past experiences of error rates for double check
>results (I remember George having reported something like 1 in 400 results
>being wrong).
You guessed right. I compute the probability assuming 1 in 200
previously reported results are incorrect. Maybe I'll study the
results from v17 and see if the 200 number needs to change.
Regards,
George
