Seems odd that there are actually more factors in the higher ranges.Originally posted by MikeH
Code:range range remaining factors remaining factors found/estimated total 2^45 - 2^46 ( 35T - 70T) 0.00% 0.00% 13454/13454 2^46 - 2^47 ( 70T - 141T) 0.00% 0.00% 13531/13531 2^47 - 2^48 ( 141T - 281T) 56.43% 53.45% 6183/13282 2^48 - 2^49 ( 281T - 563T) 99.67% 99.58% 61/14683
I understand that the ranges are getting 2x larger, but still, shouldn't there be less in each successive range? The 2^45 - 2^46 isn't even an estimate and it is larger than the number of factors 2^44 - 2^45.
Also, how do these numbers take into account low ranges (does it go down to 300k, 1M, 3M?) and the prime found since factoring started (k=5359).
Cheers,
Louie