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May 2007
Kansas; USA
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I have personally tested all untested bases with ck<=10K to n=1000. For those that have had <=35 k's remaining at n=1000, I've tested all of those to n=5000. That is how I am working my way up the bases with x number of k's remaining at n=5K; testing them to n=25K. I'm currently working on the 9 & 10 k'ers. This took only a moderate amount of CPU time. Taking them all to n=25K is what takes a lot of time. My idea is to mostly stabilize the # of bases on the proven/1/2/3 k's remaining list. In the future, for the most part, new bases on that list will have to come from current bases with 4, 5, or 6 k's remaining.
Last fiddled with by gd_barnes on 2010-10-21 at 19:42 |
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"Mark"
Apr 2003
Between here and the
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We'll just need modify the script that generates the condensed table to use different colors for conjectures with 4, 5, or 6 k's remaining. ![]() Once we get those conjectures to n=25000, there will be many new opportunities to for participants to get primes into the Top 5000. My problem (like yours) is that there is too much little stuff to do (finding small primes) before I can focus on that. |
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May 2007
Kansas; USA
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To clarify: I do not consider a base "displayable" unless it has been tested to at least n=10K and so I wouldn't bother to reserve any bases that I've only tested to n=1000 or 5000 unless I planned to take it to n=25K within a couple of weeks. Hence they are still considered "untested" bases unless someone (including myself) have reserved them. I do use my tests to sporadically doublecheck others k's remaining, especially on more complex bases. I don't even keep any primes for the bases that I've tested to n=1000 and many of them I don't plan to reserve in the future. A lot of the effort was just to find some high-weight bases and to know only the # of k's remaining. It takes so little time to just rerun the starting bases script to n=2500 or n=5000 if I want to actually reserve bases only tested to n=1000 so far.
Everything that I've tested to n=1000 or n=5000 takes little CPU time. Most of them take < 3-6 hours CPU time to get that far. As a matter of fact, I've done the entire effort on 2 slow cores of a slow 1.6 Ghz dual-core laptop from 2007. It's only good for very low tests. I just kept it running almost constantly for a little over a month. No, I'd rather not expand the proven/1k/2k/3k remaining list to include 4/5/6 k's remaining. 1, 2, and 3 k's remaining is enough bases. If people want to find more of such bases, they can test (already tested) existing bases with 4, 5, and 6 k's remaining to a higher search limit. That would be the easiest way to go. I'm about done with all of the bases that have 9 k's remaining at n=5000 and have started on a couple of bases with 10 k's remaining. Several have 4 k's remaining at n=25K but none have <= 3 k's remaining at this point. There may be just a few more untested ones that can get to <= 3 k's remaining at n=25K but there are unlikely to be much more (untested bases that is). That has been the objective of my effort. A side benefit of it has been that it has virtually completely stabilized the 1k remaining list and so has allowed Ian and a couple of others to test all bases that have 1k remaining at n=25K to n=100K without having to come back around again after more new bases are tested. He is able to add some more 1kers by testing 2kers (and some 3/4kers in the future) but that's about the only way to add new 1kers at this point. I admit it will be an administrative relief to have most of the "low lying fruit" completed. Gary Last fiddled with by gd_barnes on 2010-10-23 at 06:04 |
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"Mark"
Apr 2003
Between here and the
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I finished the items that I had started at the time and finished the retest of the GWs for n < 4100. With my discovery (to be double-checked) for the counter-example to Puzzle 10, I am now free to start some new things. Most of my available cores had started on S63 back in November. I hope to finish all of those ranges this month which should bring the S63 drive to completion (presuming kar_bon submits his results). I see that someone else has take S42 to n=25000, but the other two remain. I won't take those on until S63 is done. I do have a couple of free cores to take on the few remaining conjectures (with conjectured k < 1000) that haven't been started. I have thought about taking S63 to n=25000, but realized that it would be a significant effort. A "back of the hand" estimate was about 150 GHz CPU years. |
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May 2008
Wilmington, DE
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I've completed all the 1k conjectures to n=100K. Still doing the 2ker's, with a projected finish of Oct.
I have my complete farm on CRUS. Not searching for Top 5000 at the moment. Dabbling in starting the remaining conjectures with ck<10K. Also working on bases < 250 with k's not tested to at least n=50K. |
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Sep 2006
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I finally build a new machine last week.. now I hope to hit S17 this year
![]() By the way: I wish all of you a happy new year. |
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Jun 2009
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I'm mainly trying to have fun which is all about not getting bored. So I'll go on as I started, trying to finish some 1kers, starting new bases etc. The only 'real' goal is trying to prove one conjecture from scratch. This means I'll stay on R698 quite a bit longer...
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May 2007
Kansas; USA
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Don't kill yourself trying to prove R698. You were very fortunate to prime 6 of the 27 (22%) k's remaining at n=25K. For a lower-weight base such as this, more typical is a ~15% reduction for every doubleing of the n-range. On the search for n=50K-100K, which will take 3-4 times as long, you'll be doing well if you find 4 primes (~20%), which would still leave you with 17 k's at a high test limit on a high base. Like most bases here, it is unlikely to be proven in any of our lifetimes. What I tell people is that if a base > 32 has more than about 10 k's remaining at n=25K, it is unlikely to be proven in most of our natural lives. Believe-it-or-not! The high bases are just plain tough. Although a small base so it doesn't quite fit the above, Riesel base 6 has been the best one we've had that has defied the conventional wisdom on this. It has primed 17 of its remaining 19 k's at n=25K so far. It has a very good chance of proof in the next few years but one of the remaining 2 k's is extremely low weight and may not be found prime for decades. You just never know. Gary Last fiddled with by gd_barnes on 2011-02-13 at 19:43 |
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Jun 2009
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Speaking of sieve files - when the reservation pages don't say "more sieving needed" does it mean LLRing can start immediately or is it just unknown if the sieve limit was high enough? I suppose most of them are leftovers when people sieved a bigger range than they cared to LLR so maybe sieving depth was optimal for the part that has been tested but not for the rest? Peter |
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Nov 2009
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Most of my sieve files fall into your 3rd question. I would reserve to n=25K or 50K but sieve to n=100K.
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I quite division it
"Chris"
Feb 2005
England
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If they were sieved by me then they should be optimal. You would need to search for my posts on CRUS from a few months ago. (Not too many.
)iirc These were 25k-50k or 25k-100k, so I'm not sure if they would still be untested. |
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