And just to carry out the theme, after a bit nth order checks become a fascination of their own...
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Caldwell > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 1:04 PM > To: The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search list > Subject: Re: [Prime] DOUBLE CHECKING rut > > > > > It seems I've been DOUBLE CHECKING literally _all year_. > How can I > > > get out of that 'useful' task and back into the job of > high stakes > > > factoring? > > > > They also serve who only stand and double-check :-) Jason > > I would like to add, that as a mathematician, I value the > double checks as much as the new Mersenne finds. We can not > say if the largest record is the 44th Mersenne until the > double checks are complete. Single checks are not enough > because of the 2% (or so) error rate of first checks. Second > checks are much more accurate because it is not the > prime/composite final answers that are compared, but a > residue from the calculation which are **very** unlikely to > match after an error. (And if they do not match you have the > valuable triple check which helps check the error rate of the > first check...) > > There out to be a double/triple checkers hall of fame for the > those who checked the most (maybe there is?) > > Chris Caldwell > The Prime Pages > Univ. of TN at Martin _______________________________________________ > Prime mailing list > [email protected] > http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime > _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
