Successes question

houding · 2014-09-16, 12:16

Drinking coffee and nothing to do

On the Top Producers' list, for Top ECM or TF, I assume that "Successes' are the number of times a factor was found.

For Double-Check, is it the number of times your residue matched the first time LL test?

Adolf

LaurV · 2014-09-16, 12:24

Yes. However, if a residue didn't match, it may be that your residue was good, and the initial residue was bad (therefore not your fault, and still a "success"), but this will not be known until someone else triple-check the exponent. In this case, you get a fail (i.e. the "successes" does not increment). The guy who does the TC will get a "success" if he gets a match.

2014-09-16, 12:16	#1
houding "Adolf" Nov 2013 South Africa 61 Posts	Successes question Drinking coffee and nothing to do On the Top Producers' list, for Top ECM or TF, I assume that "Successes' are the number of times a factor was found. For Double-Check, is it the number of times your residue matched the first time LL test? Adolf

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2014-09-16, 12:24	#2
LaurV Romulan Interpreter Jun 2011 Thailand 3³·347 Posts	Yes. However, if a residue didn't match, it may be that your residue was good, and the initial residue was bad (therefore not your fault, and still a "success"), but this will not be known until someone else triple-check the exponent. In this case, you get a fail (i.e. the "successes" does not increment). The guy who does the TC will get a "success" if he gets a match.