Will Edgington writes: > [...] > But, for those who are interested, here's the current data on how > far my runs of the program have gotten so far: > > M( 32768 )X: 13952750007 > M( 1073741824 )X: 8100000019 > M( 18446744073709551615 )X: 2224500019 > > [...,] the last line implies that all primes less than > 2,224,500,019 are listed as a factor of some Mersenne number in > my data (yes, I keep data for - essentially - _all_ Mersenne > numbers, not just those with prime exponents).
So have you selected the prime exponents out of your database and had them officially removed from the GIMPS candidate list? (I know, easier said than done.) And if so, shouldn't trial factoring start above 2^31? ;^) Regards, Bruce _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
