Mersenne: Factoring & LL tests

[Geoffrey Faivre-Malloy]

I was reading Fermat's Enigma today and something occurred to me...would it
be possible to work with a number quicker if we used a higher base?  I.E.
Use base 32 instead of base 10?  Thus, you're doing less math.  Of course,
this would have to be in software because the floats can't be in that base.

G-Man

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