At 12:03 PM 3/1/99 -0800, Todd Sauke wrote:
> When this discussion started, I think the point
>was how impressive Lucas Lehmer testing is compared to brute force
>factoring.
Someone asked if there could be a better method for testing Mersenne numbers
than the L-L test. I think that the L-L test is essentially as efficient as
possible. However, I think that there is room for improvement in the
algorithms for doing the arithmetic involved.
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| "We should regard the digital computer system as an |
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| the properties of his universe - the natural numbers." |
| -- D. H. Lehmer, 1974 (paraphrased) |
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