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 2008-11-23, 13:47 #133 michaf     Jan 2005 47910 Posts While testing my 80M range (520M-600M) I first tried pfgw to 1000 using Karsten's scripts, then sieve it, and tried Karsten's 'high-n' script That took about 4 minutes writing time when a prime was found, so it was waaaay too slow :) second,I tried to n=2000 with pfgw, sieved, and then high-n'd it, which was way better (30 sec/write). I'm finishing that now as it is quick enough. I think that running pfgw to 2500 or even 3000 is the most efficient. I will test on following ranges what is best (I'll go for 100M ranges then, and will note total time taken. expect an update in about 10 weeks :) )
2008-11-23, 14:14   #134
Flatlander
I quite division it

"Chris"
Feb 2005
England

81D16 Posts

Quote:
 Originally Posted by gd_barnes Chris, can you double-check the k=500M-505M range? I messed around with it for a bit but don't feel I can spare the resources at the moment...too many other efforts going on. Thanks, Gary
No problem. I'll start when the NPLB rally finishes.

 2008-11-24, 21:26 #136 michaf     Jan 2005 479 Posts Hmm.. no offense taken :) I find it troubling that there are some misses though. another thing: I just found out the hard way that doing large ranges just isn't doable. The harddrive thrashes, and just keeps on writing/reading, while the processor is out of work... I will do all the ranges by 10M now :)
2008-11-25, 03:12   #137
gd_barnes

May 2007
Kansas; USA

72×11×19 Posts

Quote:
 Originally Posted by michaf Hmm.. no offense taken :) I find it troubling that there are some misses though. another thing: I just found out the hard way that doing large ranges just isn't doable. The harddrive thrashes, and just keeps on writing/reading, while the processor is out of work... I will do all the ranges by 10M now :)

Since the missing primes are all n=1001-1004, my impression is that you stopped testing your "1st run" at n=1000 but started testing your "2nd run" at n=1004 with the k's that were remaining at n=1000. Perhaps it was something to do with having to re-run the "2nd run" as a result of only doing the k=500M-502M range the 1st time around. Although that still doesn't explain why the 2nd run found 2 primes for n=1004 but missed 1 other prime for n=1004.

Can you check where you started and stopped your 2 runs? We need to know if there is a bug in Karsten's process or if it was just a "user error".

Gary

Last fiddled with by gd_barnes on 2008-11-25 at 03:13

2008-11-25, 07:12   #138
henryzz
Just call me Henry

"David"
Sep 2007
Cambridge (GMT/BST)

131678 Posts

Quote:
 Originally Posted by henryzz unfortunately this has not worked it produced a file with n values in the order Code: 1 10 100 1000 1001 etc. which is not very easy to split
once i have a solution for this i will be able to send my results to gary

2008-11-25, 15:32   #139
Flatlander
I quite division it

"Chris"
Feb 2005
England

31×67 Posts

Gary, either everyone here thinks you are infallible or nobody reads your posts!

Quote:
 Something does smell a little bit fishy here though: Code: k-range k's remaining 500M-505M 8 505M-510M 27 510M-515M 15 515M-520M 30
Er, there weren't 8 ks between 500M and 505M in michaf's post, there were 17! I can't belive no-one noticed! lol

I have just confirmed them:
Code:
500145402
500968542
501526364
501628284
501947956
502362446
502579034
502598216
502683156
502732374
503092266
503163566
503210228
503449428
503961636
504291412
504632274
This is a very reassuring double check.
I'll stop laughing soon.

2008-11-25, 16:48   #140
Flatlander
I quite division it

"Chris"
Feb 2005
England

31×67 Posts

Quote:
 Originally Posted by gd_barnes ... I double-checked the removal of multiples of the base (MOB) with your site. Looks great! There were no k's remaining that are divisible by 3. A total of 12 were eliminated leaving 35 k's remaining for the range. Nice work! Gary
Looks like the joke's on me. lol

2008-11-25, 17:28   #141
michaf

Jan 2005

479 Posts

Quote:
 Originally Posted by gd_barnes Can you check where you started and stopped your 2 runs? We need to know if there is a bug in Karsten's process or if it was just a "user error". Gary
The sieve started at n=1000, but that doesn't imply an error in the script.
I have had some very hard working days, so any user error that is possible to make, will most likely be made :)

2008-11-26, 03:38   #142
gd_barnes

May 2007
Kansas; USA

72·11·19 Posts

Quote:
 Originally Posted by Flatlander Gary, either everyone here thinks you are infallible or nobody reads your posts! Er, there weren't 8 ks between 500M and 505M in michaf's post, there were 17! I can't belive no-one noticed! lol I have just confirmed them: Code: 500145402 500968542 501526364 501628284 501947956 502362446 502579034 502598216 502683156 502732374 503092266 503163566 503210228 503449428 503961636 504291412 504632274 This is a very reassuring double check. I'll stop laughing soon.

I am infallible. You didn't understand. The # of k's remaining is AFTER removing k's that are divisible by the base that don't need to be searched. Just look at Kenneth's website and you'll see!

Divide all the k's by 3. If a k is divisible by 3, subtract 1 and see if it is composite. If so, remove it; if not keep it. In almost all cases, you will remove it because k/3^q is already being searched or already has a prime.

Ha, ha, ha. Now I laugh times 3!

Gary

Edit: I just now saw that you said the "joke's on me". I can delete your posts and this post if you want but I have to admit I couldn't resist getting in a dig on you. BTW, both Kenneth and Max have caught errors on my web pages before. :-)

Last fiddled with by gd_barnes on 2008-11-26 at 03:41 Reason: edit

2008-11-26, 14:19   #143
Flatlander
I quite division it

"Chris"
Feb 2005
England

31·67 Posts

Quote:
 Originally Posted by gd_barnes ... Edit: I just now saw that you said the "joke's on me". I can delete your posts and this post if you want but I have to admit I couldn't resist getting in a dig on you. BTW, both Kenneth and Max have caught errors on my web pages before. :-)
No, I think my public humilation should stand. It might teach me to keep my big mouth shut!

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