George did say that, and I was aware of his statement, but that still has no effect on the point I was making. George's GIMPS stats also give no credit at all for finding factors, but that doesn't mean he considers finding factors worthless.
Steve -----Original Message----- From: Gerry Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, December 01, 2001 12:19 PM Subject: Re: Mersenne: Re: Factoring benefit/cost ratio >Steve Harris wrote: >> >> Actually, Richard's statement that "a 'Factored' status is better for GIMPS >> than a 'Two LL' status" is not quite true. It's better for the mathematical >> community as a whole, but not for GIMPS. GIMPS is looking for primes, not >> factors, and without skipping over any. > >Hmmm, > >I must be having a senior moment. I would swear George said that one way >a person could lose credit for a correct LL test is if later factoring >finds a factor. > >Is my feeble brain making this up, or is finding a factor more important >than stated above? > >Gerry >-- >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Gerry Snyder, AIS Director & Symposium Chair, Region 15 RVP >Member San Fernando Valley, Southern California Iris Societies >in warm, winterless Los Angeles--USDA 9b-ish, Sunset 18-19 >my work: helping generate data for: http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov/ >_________________________________________________________________________ >Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm >Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
