Hi,
At 11:59 PM 1/15/2002 +0100, =?utf-8?Q?Torben_Schl=C3=BCntz?= wrote:
>I have downloaded the factor files suggested by GIMPS but it gives no
>meaning. How do I read the files *.cmp?
From the status.htm web page:
You will need a special program to decompress the known factors data
The special program is: ftp://mersenne.org/gimps/decomp.zip
>I am also a bit annoyed about numbers less than M751 that should be
>fully factorized seems unavaible, or am I looking the wrong places? Do
>you know a site which I don't?
Go to the Cunningham project at:
http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/homes/ssw/cun/index.html
>The next step for GIMPS is a faster factoring algorithm and the way to
>get that will be that someone - maybe a mathematician or some
>beer-drinking fool like me - finds the stones of immortality. :-)
Good luck finding this algorithm. Many advances have been made the
last two decades. We eagerly await the next one!
>Besides I have the question: "why does the advanced facor algortithm of
>prime95 somtimes find 2 factors"? This happens eg. at M1289, has
>108817410937 and 15856636079 as factors?
I don't remember. That code is no longer supported.
Best regards,
George
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