My work-addled brain refused to tell me how to work out how far -f should go by default. Would someone care to educate me? I should know this, I'm quite...
Hmm, I posted a reply to this already, but I guess it did not make it though the Yahoo mess for some reason. Simply put, there is a "formula" which tryes to...
... Assume every prime p has 1/p chance of dividing the candidate. Let L be the optimal trial factor limit. Assume a prp test takes time T, and that it takes...
Phi(49152,2998987) has 352518 bits, just over 100000 digits, as evidenced by: <<< $ ../../../../openpfgw_dev2a/pfgw.exe -f1{49152} -q'Phi(49152,2998987)' PFGW...
I will have to look at this one Phil. However, if you do: pfgw -e200000 -t -q"phi(49152,2998987)" PFGW Version 20050415.Win_Dev (Alpha/IBDWT 'caveat...
The newer version "should" print a nag whenever there is not enough factors. Again, I think something was getting "stuck" in the setup function, and never...
Regarding primeform message #6232: Not knowing windows from a hole in the ground, I'm really not the kind of person to be able to deal with this issue. Can...
Yes ! I had this problem while trying to build the PFGW source from expanded "pfgw_ver_12_win32_linux_full_source.zip" distribution, using VC++ 6.0. ...
If a free-form file (not ABC file) has an expression with exactly 14997 characters then the following newline is ignored by PFGW. The next line is appended to...
The bug has been there forever. For the versions which you list as working, try building files which have lines of length evenly divisible by 64998 bytes, and...
... My bad, this does not make the bug go away. However, if you "insert" a space at the front of the line evenly divisible by 4999 (or 64998 in the older...
Gents, I am using the basic PFGW server from the 'files' section here, found a small quirk and would appreciate some assistance in getting around it. The...
Hi all, I just downloaded the Linux OpenPFGW binary and am wondering how to use it. I'm trying to run primality certification tests on numbers of the form 10^n...
... There is more documentation, both pfgwdoc.txt and other files, in the Windows download. The documentation also applies to the Linux version which ought to ...
Hi, I just downloaded and tested with the 2005/02/13 Alpha and it works so I will upgrade searches etc to use it Sorry to have bothered you Cheers Ken ...
Hi, There appears to besomething wrong with the script parser in PFGW 2004/10/23 for Windows downloaded from here. If I run he sample script (for RETURN) in...
yes, in the alpha version, the N+1 and N-1 have been totally re-written. However, the tc has not (and I am not sure it will, unless people convence me...
Hi, all. I'm trying to get pfgw up and running under Fedora Core 2. So far, two tries and two brick walls. Well, actually, 3 if you count the fact that when I...
... -a1 decreases the quantity of data that is squeezed into each bignum limb, and helps preserve accuracy, but at the cost of slightly diminished speed (more ...
... abcfileformats.txt says "The current maximum line length for an ABC, ABCD or ABC2 file is just under 16k." This is actually 60000 characters in current...
I have commented offlist with Mike about this. Yes, the 1.2 version has a 60000 char limit for ABC files (the dev version kicks this up a little). Also, in...
Jens You wrote (thanks for the info):- ... I am trying to get a prime of a form not expressible using pfgw's parser into the top-5000. Given that the smallest...
Jim, I've been trying to contact you via e-mail, but it appears that you are not getting e-mails from me. Simply put, I know that you have been PRP testing...
How does pfgw evaluates phi(x,y)? I found this number to be a PrP, but can't write it in a more palatable way: Primality testing phi(30,2^4200+13) [N-1/N+1,...
... By multiplication and division of Phi(d,y) terms for d|x. ... There is no more palatable way. It's both succinct and clear, and you can't ask for more than...
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