George Woltman wrote:
> Correct. However, if you do find a factor you will get credit. In fact
> you get credit for trial factoring up to the size of the factor.
Umm.. I found some 30-digit factors with moderate bounds. Does that mean I'd get
credit for trial-factoring up to 100 bits? Trial factoring that far would take
many centuries, so the top producers list might soon be populated with lucky P-1
factorers, no?
Ciao,
Alex.
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