At 10:52 06.06.2000 -0700, Eric Hahn wrote:
>Greetings all,
>
> From the responses I've gotten, I suppose I've confused most
>people, or left them in the dark :( I guess I thought the
>subject would explain most things....
>
> First, for those who've asked the question, I'm not storing
>the 1TB or so of data personally, which is part of the reason
>I need to know some ideas, etc. on what to post, if anything.
>I'll need to request the specific data desired...
>
> Second, the type of information I've received concerning the
>statistical data I've received (and is contained in the data),
>is of a statistical probability nature. For example(s):
> M14,989,627 has a 93.42% probability of having a 53-bit factor.
> M14,999,953 has a 9.31% probability of having a 53-bit factor.
aiming solely at getting rid of more exponents:
it seems to me that those who love factoring should get the list of
all numbers with a high probability of an N-bit factor, where N is
beyond the current default limits for Prime95, but within the reach of
the program.
I'd sort the list by descending probability and put the first Mbyte(s?) up
for FTP.... that should be enough to get rid of a few thousand exponents in
a hurry.
It would be a bigger hack, to both the Primenet server and Prime95, to mark
the "interesting" candidates for factoring to N bits rather than the
default when they are handed out for factoring. So I guess that's a later
thing.
Harald
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Harald Tveit Alvestrand, EDB Maxware, Norway
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