>From: Jeff Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Mersenne: Factoring Assignments: Are They Always >"First-Time?" >Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 17:14:00 -0400 > >At 01:00 PM 6/17/00 -0700, you wrote: (snip) >>If a factor is >>found for an exponent, it's eliminated from further testing >>of any kind. > >Isn't the factor itself verified? I would assume it is, however verifying a factor takes well under a P-90 second. Nathan ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
