GIMPS Milestones
 

There are these nearest milestones as of October 24, 2011:
[quote]All exponents below 22,545,883 have been tested and double-checked.
All exponents below 38,103,407 have been tested at least once.
Countdown to testing all exponents below M(42643801) once: 166
Countdown to testing all exponents below M(43112609) once: 227
Countdown to proving M(24036583) is the 41st Mersenne Prime: 2
Countdown to proving M(25964951) is the 42nd Mersenne Prime: 3,951[/quote]
I guess something great will happen soon - proving M(24036583) is the 41st Mersenne Prime: 2. But what does "2" mean? Days or what?
Is it tightly related to the 1st milestone - double-checking all exponents below 24,036,583 should be completed first?
Would you be so kind to describe these milestones a little bit? Thank you!

[QUOTE=clarke;275553]But what does "2" mean? Days or what?[/QUOTE]2 exponents left to check.[QUOTE=clarke;275553]Is it tightly related to the 1st milestone - double-checking all exponents below 24,036,583 should be completed first?[/QUOTE]Yes, intimately related. You can't have one without the other.

[QUOTE=retina;275554]2 exponents left to check.

Yes, intimately related. You can't have one without the other.[/QUOTE]

More specifically, [URL="http://www.mersenne.org/report_LL/?exp_lo=0&exp_hi=24036583&exp_date=&user_only=0&exdchk=1&exbad=1&exfactor=1&dispdate=1&B1=Get+LL+data"]here[/URL]'s a list of all unverified LL tests between 1 and 24036583.

You can see that the smallest unverified residue is 22,545,883, as well as 23,480,917 at second smallest.

Based on other information I'd estimate mid-November before these are complete.

[QUOTE=retina;275554]2 exponents left to check.Yes, intimately related. You can't have one without the other.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Dubslow;275570]
You can see that the smallest unverified residue is 22,545,883, as well as 23,480,917 at second smallest.
Based on other information I'd estimate mid-November before these are complete.[/QUOTE]
Thanks guys! I should have thought of exponents not days when after two days I saw that counter have't changed :) It's interesting how long it takes double-checking of the next exponent
[quote]Countdown to proving M(25964951) is the 42nd Mersenne Prime: 3,948[/quote]

I've been keeping a record since 4100 or so, and the current linear regression pegs completion around the end of May (03/26/2012 20:10:58 to be exact). Of course right near the end, the rate will slow down a bit, so I imagine sometime over the summer.

[QUOTE=Dubslow;275595]end of May (03/26/2012 20:10:58 to be exact)[/QUOTE]
Is it March, or is it 05.26? I did not get it...

In other news today, Dubslow discovered he does not know the names of the months.
Edit: Or he can't tell the M's apart. One or the other.

Yes, I meant March, though I still stand by the summer prediction.