> >Computer running prime95 ver 16.4 intel 486 today found a
> >factor of the number it was processing, contacted primenet,
> >sent the result, obtained a new number to factor, and then
> >continued to factor the same number it had just found a factor
> >for. I do not have the files immediately to hand but the
> >number was in the 6300000 range and the factorization had
> >reached the 6th or 7th iteration of 16. Can someone tell me,
>
> The factoring test will continue on the chance that a smaller factor
> may be found. I believe this is in the interest of doing some kind
> of analysis on the smallest factors of composite Mersenne numbers.
Well, is it aware enough not to try any factors larger than those
already found? In the case above, iterations 7-16 should go _very_
fast if the iteration 6 factor found was only 6300000.
-- Tim
