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 2012-07-21, 02:01 #3 Batalov     "Serge" Mar 2008 Phi(4,2^7658614+1)/2 216458 Posts I've been fitting E values for a long time and added this to gnfs/poly/poly_skew.c quite a while ago (see the hidden comment, too): Code:  { /* SB: tried L[1/3,c] fit; it is no better than this */ double e0 = (digits >= 121) ? (0.0607 * digits + 2.25): (0.0526 * digits + 3.23); if (degree == 4) e0 = 0.0625 * digits + 1.69; e0 = exp(-log(10) * e0); #ifdef HAVE_CUDA e0 *= 1.15; #endif logprintf(obj, "expecting poly E from %.2le to > %.2le\n", e0, 1.15 * e0); /* seen exceptional polys with +40% but that's */ /* rare. The fit is good for 88..232 digits */ } This should print a line in your msieve.log. This fit is underestimating the top end (because the higher we go, the less satisfactorily we test the poly space; there are probably excellent polys but there's not enough time to sample well). The fit for degree 4 is for the degree 4 E value; that curve is discontinuous. The low end of degree 5 has some silly hook, too (don't ask me why; it is a fit of the observed values from tons of aliquot, from Kamada's site and from B+D experiments and a few data points were taken from the MForum community jobs). E.g. for your c180 the E value is surely good. Crossover from degree 5 to degree 6 is exactly around 205 to 210 digits. You can compare the Murphy E values (as implemented by msieve) for degree 5 and degree 6 polynomials within a fudge factor of 1-1.5, in my experience. I've been running select quite a bit for the c204 with degree 6 and 5 and degree 5 won, recently. However, for RSA704 deg 6 was used and deg 5 poly seived weaker.