On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Alex Phillips wrote:
> Dear List-reader,
> I've been running Prime95 on my PII-400 at work, since December, and
>I'm
> currently on my second LL test !
> And I've also been running it on my Celeron366 Laptop at home (When my wife
> isn't playing Settlers 3). I decided to make the Laptop do Factoring, and
> I've factored five numbers, all in the 11650000-11660000 range, as
> allocated by Primenet, without finding a factor.
> So my question is, What are the odds on finding a factor ?
>
> I've looked in all the FAQ's, including the mailing list one, and can't
> find it anywhere. I know that the odds for a LL test are 1 in 60000, but I
> can't find out what the odds on finding a factor are ? Presumably all the
> non-prime numbers have a factor so the odds should be 1 in 59999, but most
> of these factors must be higher than 2^64 (Yes/No) ? So what are the odds
> on a factor that prime95 will find ?
>
> Alex Phillips
>From a quick browse through the top 101-500 producer list (it's the one
I'm in:) it looks like the odds say you can expect 10-15 factors per P90
year spent on factoring.
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