Hi,
At 02:28 PM 1/23/00 -0000, Alex Phillips wrote:
>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 ?
Since these exponents are already factored to 2^52 and you will be
factoring to 2^64, your chance of NOT finding a factor is about 52/64.
Thus, your chance of finding a factor is about 1 in 5.3.
Regards,
George
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