>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Mersenne: Re: Mersenne Digest V1 #889
>Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 00:43:58 -0500
>
>Speaking of calculating,
>
>
>What do you think the best is the best approach for this problem?
>
>Calculate the n th. (any number) decimal digit of the expansion of a
>regular rational 1/n (not necessarily the same n), with n a prime number,
>without calculating the preceding digits.
>
>Please give a example using substitution into formula.
>
>This is not a test question for a class. It is part of my personal number
>theory studies.
>
>
>Thanks
>Dan
>
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>-> I second this suggestion. I would be very interested in seeing a
>calculator
>-> page, or at least a detailed formula. I neglected to keep track of the
>-> individual credit for my earliest numbers, and now I am curious. These
>go
>-> back to v. 15, I believe.
>->
>-> --Bob Braunwart
>->
>->
>-> >Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:36:14 -0400
>-> >From: "Digital Concepts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>-> >Subject: Mersenne: What are the PrimeNet formulas for calculating LL
>and
>-> >Factoring credit?
>-> >
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>-> >First a short memory recollection... A few months back I wrote in =
>-> >explaining that I wanted to compare contributions (work done in CPU =
>-> >years) between clients running under a team umbrella. I was privately
>=
>-> >replied to and referred to the benchmark page as the way they would do
>=
>-> >it. More recently, someone asked the same thing and I believe George =
>-> >referred them to the status page. I've done it both ways and they come
>=
>-> >out very close, but I assume the status page is the one that is going
>to =
>-> >be kept current as new releases and timings come along, and the one =
>-> >George uses.
>-> >
>-> >Either time though, it was mentioned how difficult it was to calculate
>=
>-> >factoring years, and I see why. Yet there must be a formula. Who here
>=
>-> >is a PrimeNet rep?
>-> >
>-> >With this info, maybe someone might volunteer a calculator page, where
>=
>-> >someone could enter an exponent and get the LL value, and optionally =
>-> >whatever criteria is stored in factoring messages to PrimeNet, to =
>-> >determine the Factoring value.
>-> >
>-> >Thanks for you consideration,
>-> >Carleton Garrison LL#164 F#291 G#253 www.teamprimerib.com
>-> >
>->
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