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Old 2009-12-09, 14:30   #1
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Default Base 13 Generalized Woodall Discovery

Read all about it over at PrimeGrid:

http://www.primegrid.com/download/gw13-563528.pdf
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Old 2009-12-09, 16:53   #2
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Read all about it over at PrimeGrid:

http://www.primegrid.com/download/gw13-563528.pdf
Nice work, Mark, and congratulations on this impressive discovery!
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Old 2009-12-09, 18:05   #3
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Well done Mark (and Geoff and PrimeGrid)!

How comes that the number was discovered in 3 hours and proven prime in 30?

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Well done Mark (and Geoff and PrimeGrid)!

How comes that the number was discovered in 3 hours and proven prime in 30?

Luigi
Primality proofs for k*b^n-1 forms require multiple BLS tests.

Congrats should really go to Lennart, the lucky finder.

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Old 2009-12-09, 18:15   #5
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Well done Mark (and Geoff and PrimeGrid)!

How comes that the number was discovered in 3 hours and proven prime in 30?

Luigi
because the prp test take 1/7.5 of the time the actual primality test does
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Old 2009-12-09, 21:04   #6
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And congrats to Lennart Vogel as well!


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