Re: Mersenne: PrimeNet productivity

1999-02-03 Thread Sander Hoogendoorn
This page also shows that the number of inactive accounts is raising harder then the active accounts. Since the last newsletter was from may 22 (or did i miss one?) it might be a good idea for a new one to wake all these people because not all people who are testing are members of this

Mersenne: Factoring

1999-02-15 Thread Sander Hoogendoorn
Hi, Last weekend when i was testing Prime 95 i noticed that factoring low numbers took much longer as high numbers. Factoring M17XXX from 2^52 to 2^54 took minutes per pass while factoring M9XX from 2^52 to 2^54 took about one minute to complete the whole factoring. How is this possible?

Mersenne: Completely Factored

1999-02-17 Thread Sander Hoogendoorn
Can sombody please tell me when a number is completely factored? __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Unsubscribe list info --