> Is this a bug in the reporting software? I don't have the > tools to work it out exactly, but a 103-bit number should be slightly larger > than 2^103, or
Nope. A 103-bit number N should lie in the range 2^102 <= N < 2^103. > Something really odd is going on. Perhaps this small example will make things clearer: N(dec) N(bin) bits 1 1 1 2 10 2 3 11 2 4 100 3 5 101 3 6 110 3 7 111 3 8 1000 4 9 1001 4 10 1010 4 11 1011 4 12 1100 4 13 1101 4 14 1110 4 15 1111 4 16 10000 5 ... Paul _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
