>
>Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:21:52 -0700
>From: Will Edgington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Mersenne: Re: factoring 10^7 digits (was LL and factoring &
quitting)
>
> >>We will of course have to check factors considerably further than
> >>we are doing on our current exponent range (due to the increased
> >>LL iteration time.)
>
>Yup. And don't forget that the larger the exponent, the fewer the
>possible factors in a given range (e.g., from 0 to 2^40 or 0 to 2^63).
>
Ok, I'll ask the stupid question, I stopped maths at the year before
university, WHY is this the case?
regards
G
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