At 09:22 PM 6/23/2002 -0700, Eric Hahn wrote: >I DO NOT have any problems with people wanting to do >work in this range... but please note... there is NO >GUARANTEE that a mersenne prime exists in this range... >and I assume NO LIABILITY if there is NOT!!! But >please... let's work together... and cooperate... and >NOT DUPLICATE WORK!!!!
It probably isn't a bad idea to point out that George's status page shows a large chance of a prime existing in that range simply because 1. It is a wide range 2. Primenet hasn't reached it yet. Some of the higher runlengths have higher chances of having a prime than lower runlengths for the exact same reason. However, any given exponent in the range being assigned for first-time checks by primenet is more likely to be prime, and FAR easier to LL - especially for folks who have P3s, slow "ordinary" Athlons, never mind anything slower! Please correct me if I'm wrong on this. Nathan _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
