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piforbreakfast · 2020-11-15, 21:06

Or does it go through every possible factor even if one or more factors are found even early in a search on a particular exponent?

2020-11-15, 21:06	#1
piforbreakfast Oct 2020 Terre Haute, IN 73₈ Posts	Does Primenet end the factoring search for a number the moment a factor is found? Or does it go through every possible factor even if one or more factors are found even early in a search on a particular exponent?