Hi guys,
I found the following in my results.txt file:
[Sat Jul 22 01:50:43 2000]
P-1 found a factor in stage #2, B1=1000000, B2=25000000.
UID: beejaybee/Simon2, M131437 has a factor: 603794102057268841
The interesting thing here is that the prime factorization of P-1
(603794102057268840) is 2^3.3^2.5.57.131437.344879201 i.e. the
largest prime factor of P-1 is greater than B2 and I'm therefore
unable to understand why P-1 managed to find the factor.
Could someone please enlighten me?
BTW the factor found is indeed a proper factor of M141437.
Regards
Brian Beesley
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