Newer milestone thread

[ATH]

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

Looking at projected completion dates on PrimeNet, all of the DC's -should be- done by the end of Nov. and all of the first time by the end of Dec.

If that happens it would be most favourable.

I assume you mean "all of the DC's" below 46M ? and not ALL of the DCs. Then we would need many super computers.

[Uncwilly]

I fixed it.

[rudy235]

August 14, 2018 All exponents below 79.3 million tested at least once. This was the original upper limit for early versions of Prime95.

I believe the correct number should be 79.2 million

[Prime95]

Originally Posted by rudy235

I believe the correct number should be 79.2 million

See https://www.mersenne.org/report_classic/

[rudy235]

Originally Posted by Prime95

See https://www.mersenne.org/report_classic/

I messed up!
By the way, this is probably the last milestone of 2018


Countdown to verifying all tests below 46 million: 0

All exponents below 46 000 517 have been tested and verified

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by rudy235

I messed up!
By the way, this is probably the last milestone of 2018

Aren't you aware of the history of the Mersenne Christmas Miracles of yore?
Milestones often happen in the last 10 days of the year.

[Prime95]

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

Aren't you aware of the history of the Mersenne Christmas Miracles of yore? Milestones often happen in the last 10 days of the year.

Would you accept a Miracle a little before? I'm about to go on a 10-day vacation.

[rudy235]

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

Aren't you aware of the history of the Mersenne Christmas Miracles of yore?
Milestones often happen in the last 10 days of the year.

I did say "probably" (which is a lot less assertive than "surely" or "certainly").

I can see a miracle coming if the Grinch that stole Christmas comes in and poaches 4 or 5 exponents of those remaining before 82 million on Christmas Eve.

[Prime95]

Originally Posted by rudy235

I can see a miracle coming if the Grinch that stole Christmas comes in and poaches 4 or 5 exponents of those remaining before 82 million on Christmas Eve.

There are other possible miracles

[Madpoo]

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

Aren't you aware of the history of the Mersenne Christmas Miracles of yore?
Milestones often happen in the last 10 days of the year.

I'm keeping an eye on the first-time checks below 82M. Currently just 13 of them to go. The ones still progressing will finish soon, I think, with the exception of one assigned to Kriesel. There are some that stopped checking in though, and they don't expire until January, so unless they get poached, I guess we shouldn't hold out hopes for 2018.

[Madpoo]

Originally Posted by Prime95

There are other possible miracles

I had to search my memory banks - the last prime was found on Dec 26... a Boxing Day miracle. The two before that were both found (or "revealed") in a January, so there's definitely a trend towards winter discoveries. LOL

Come to think of it, of the 16 discovered by GIMPS, half (8) were found in just the 3 months of Nov-Jan. I guess if you want to improve your odds of finding a prime, you should do more tests in the late autumn and winter. Statistics don't lie.