58-58.5M to 62 bits
 

Bringing this range from 61 to 62 bits. Will take a while on my P3-850 so I'll give a status update now and then...

Week one update:

205 exponents completed, 3 factors found. The range is a whopping 0.016% complete.

Results thus far e-mailed to George.

[QUOTE=PrimeCruncher]Week one update:

205 exponents completed, 3 factors found. The range is a whopping 0.016% complete.

Results thus far e-mailed to George.[/QUOTE]

You probably mean 1.6% completed, that's ok :wink:

[QUOTE=hbock]You probably mean 1.6% completed, that's ok :wink:[/QUOTE]

Oops, yeah, I wasn't shifting the decimal after I did the division. :smile:

Week two update:

323 exponents, or 2.5% of the range, were completed. This brings the range to 530 exponents, or 4.2%, completed. Three factors found this week, bringing us to six exponents eliminated thus far.

Results for this week e-mailed to George.

Week three update:

279 exponents (2.2%) completed. Total now 809 exponents (6.4%) complete. 2 factors found this week, for a total of 8 exponents eliminated thus far. Results e-mailed to George.

Hmm, is it me or is the number of factors you find a bit low?

I'm only factoring one bit higher, the range is currently at 61. I wouldn't expect to find oodles and oodles of factors by going one bit deeper, and the amount of exponents in the range before I started (12,497) is about right for a .5M range.

Week four update:

287 (2.3%) exponents completed this week, for 1096 (8.7%) so far. Only one factor found this week, so nine exponents eliminated so far. Results e-mailed to George.

Week 6.5 update:

Been gone on vacation, so the computer hasn't been running much. 200 exponents completed, 1296 total done (10.3%). One factor found, 10 total. Results e-mailed to George.

Week nine update:

776 exponents completed since last update (6.2%), 2072 total done (16.6%). 17 factors in this batch, 27 total. Results e-mailed to George.

Week 10.5 update:

Seems I've entered a dense area of factors. Nine found, total 38. 582 exponents completed (4.7%), total 2654 (21.2%). Results e-mailed to George.

Week 11 update:

224 exponents (1.7%) completed since last update; total 2878 (23.0%). Four factors found, total 42 (hmm... maybe LMH is the meaning of life! :grin:)

Week 12 update:

447 exponents (3.6%) completed, 3325 total done (26.6%). 10 factors found, 52 total. Results e-mailed to George.

Week 14 update:

548 exponents completed (4.4%), 3873 total (30.9%). Nine factors found, 61 total. Results e-mailed to George.

Week 17 update:

21 factors found, total 82. 965 exponents completed (7.72%), total 4838 (38.7%). Results e-mailed to George.

Week 23 update:

Over half-way done! Woo-hoo!

1549 exponents completed (12.4%), total 6387 (51.1%). 16 factors found, total 98. Results e-mailed to George.

Week 25 update:

7 factors found, total 105. 413 exponents completed (3.3%), total 6800 (54.4%). Results e-mailed to George.

Week 30 update:

14 factors found, total 119. 1194 exponents completed (9.6%), total 7994 (64.0%). Results e-mailed to George.

Week 38 update:

First update of the year! Lots of work done. 25 factors found, total 144. 1578 exponents completed (12.6%), total 9572 (76.6%). Results e-mailed to George.

Week [B]47[/B]:

27 factors found, total 171. 1940 exponents completed (15.5%), total 11512 (92.1%). Results e-mailed to George. The next update will most likely be the last.

Week 52 update:

Well there you go. Almost one year to the day. Final update.

17 factors found, 188 total exponents eliminated. Results e-mailed to George. If someone wants to factor this range further they are now welcome to do so.