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Batalov · 2020-08-26, 20:05

These are found by NFS method.
Mersenne numbers are a subset of the Cunningham project, where the exact method for factoring specific numbers is listed.

2020-08-26, 20:05	#2
Batalov "Serge" Mar 2008 Phi(4,2^7658614+1)/2 3³·7³ Posts	These are found by NFS method. Mersenne numbers are a subset of the Cunningham project, where the exact method for factoring specific numbers is listed.