Stefan Struiker wrote:
>When a requested factoring assignment is listed with, say, 52 in
>an account log, does this mean it has been factored to 52 bits,
>but _without_ success? Or could a factor have already been
>found in some cases, but less than 52 bits long?
If it's listed as 52 in the fact-bits column of the report, it
means that it's been trial-factored thru 2^52 without any factors
being found. Currently, all exponents thru Prime95's limit of
79.3M have been factored to at least 2^50... If a factor is
found for an exponent, it's eliminated from further testing
of any kind.
Eric
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