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Washuu · 2005-05-23, 09:54

I have tested k=5865 from N=200K to N=300K, on a few machines.

It took over one week with LLR.exe, I sieved to 77billions by newpgen.exe earlier.

Only one prime found, 5865*2^261351-1. I expected about 3-6... maybe just this number wasn't so lucky.

2005-05-23, 09:54	#12
Washuu Mar 2005 Poland 5×7 Posts	bad luck... I have tested k=5865 from N=200K to N=300K, on a few machines. It took over one week with LLR.exe, I sieved to 77billions by newpgen.exe earlier. Only one prime found, 5865*2^261351-1. I expected about 3-6... maybe just this number wasn't so lucky.