Low weight update:
175211 complete to N=1M. No Primes.
Exponent returned-- I plan no further work on this number.
-Curtis

I just discovered k-value 245561 is being tested by Rieselsieve, so I wasted a few CPU-months testing this value to N=1 million. :squash:

Obviously, no further work is planned on this one!
-Curtis

[QUOTE]I wasted a few CPU-months testing this value [/QUOTE]

I feel your pain. I've done it, but at least you can now say it has been double checked! :smile: With no bugs found.

I would like to help with this portion of 15k, please help me get started. getting sieved files etc.

Citrix

PS: i know about all software's etc, so basically need help with the k's

I would like to reserve the following 4 k.

209102797
20168077
307715767
264039239

Sieved files, if any exist, are all with Joss. I have none. I'll try to update the status page but it's going to take a while. BTW, when you reserve new k's have a look at [URL=http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?p=60615#post60615]this thread[/URL] because some people report there low weight k's, not here. Also check that some of the k's are not already tested by RieselSieve. Many are marked but some are not, there was one such case recently. Check also already reported primes at Top-5000.

Unrelated to this I wrote to Joss yesterday to see whether he wants to continue moderating the forum. His last post was in April. If not we'll have to find a new moderator because I cannot handle everything.

[QUOTE=VBCurtis]I just discovered k-value 245561 is being tested by Rieselsieve, so I wasted a few CPU-months testing this value to N=1 million. :squash:

Obviously, no further work is planned on this one!
-Curtis[/QUOTE]


YOu can send your residues to rieselsieve for double check.

On the low-weight stats page, there are instructions for getting sieved files off the server.
Go to www.15k.org/Riesel/{your exponent here}_ktest.txt
to get the file.
Some are worthlessly sieved-- I found it faster to create a new file and sieve to 10 million than to download the file. However, the info on the server is still useful, since it shows how dense the candidates will be (sieving only to 10 million is sufficient to show weight).

Kosmaj-- I might be willing to moderate a small forum, if Joss no longer has time. Can you PM or email me with a short description of what it entails? email is vbcurtis at gmail. I'd also like to do a ton of presieving/updating on the low weight stats page, but I didn't want to trouble someone else with handling all the files. If moderating includes being able to upload sieve files to the server, I'd like to do so.
-Curtis

:)

Since LLR works best on K<2^20, I would like to work on a reduced problem.
k<2^20 and weight less than 100, and not being worked on by reisel sieve.

Could the moderators prepare such a page?

Citrix

17077 93
25229 98
48973 81
53741 51
70079 90
74201 92
77711 99
116531 99
124679 80
130139 81
131069 92
131707 99
138847 29
167021 95
171607 61
192509 88
216367 92
256453 86
275591 65
278077 95
278713 81
284579 83
313979 99
327163 73
332159 95
334331 81
342337 50
370421 99
403993 44
473279 91
487811 86
491891 66
516569 54
612509 74
643843 91
648433 95
671413 92
685183 99
700057 92
700477 84
780427 71
783073 75
784109 54
850931 62
893887 57
953429 95
961573 75
963643 48
967597 65
981493 49
1006469 79
1034503 66
1049917 37

53 numbers
Could a webpage be organized for these 53 with ranges already searched.
If no one else is intrested I would like to take them higher.

Citrix

The [URL=http://www.15k.org/lowweight.htm]low weight stats page[/URL] is now updated with reservations and results reported since May (mostly by VBCurtis). Please have a look and tell me if there is anything to change.

I also moved all posts related to "low weight" from "I'd like to help out" thread to this one. Plese post further reports related to "low weight" in this thread.