Re: Mersenne: Question about double checking

[Henk Stokhorst]

George Woltman wrote:

> The optimal breakeven point for factoring vs. LL testing
> changes every time the factoring code or LL code changes.
> In the old days, the breakeven point was 2^56, now its 2^57.

Does that take into account the fact that a factor found does not
require time to check, whereas a LL residue needs to be
computed twice?

YotN,

Henk.

factoring rules!