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Re: Feedback requested for PFGW mod

djbroadhurst — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:57:25 GMT

... Comprehension was indeed the deliberate original intent of OpenPFGW :-) ... Essentially you should set the argument of the -e flag to be the largest prime

Re: Feedback requested for PFGW mod

Steven Harvey — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:50:07 GMT

It sounds like a good idea to me. Steven Harvey harvey563@... ... From: mgrogue Subject: [openpfgw] Feedback requested for PFGW

Feedback requested for PFGW mod

mgrogue — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:08:54 GMT

Now that PFGW is using special modular reduction for k*b^n+/-c and b^n+/-c forms, I was considering a change for the N-1 and N+1 primality tests. As some of

WinPFGW 3.3.1 is released

mgrogue — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:02:23 GMT

This is a bug fix release for WinPFGW only. The Linux and Mac versions were not affected. With this release WinPFGW now correctly displays the "Line in

Re: PFGW 3.3.0 has been released

mgrogue — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:48:08 GMT

Here are all of the links for PFGW 3.3.0: http://openpfgw.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/openpfgw/pfgw_win_3.3.0_20100108.zip

PFGW 3.3.0 has been released

mgrogue — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:34:38 GMT

There are significant behavior changes to this release of PFGW WRT to the handling of sumout/roundoff errors and the use of the -a switch. 1) The -a swith no

PFGW 3.3.0 has been released

mgrogue — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:33:45 GMT

There are significant behavior changes to this release of PFGW WRT to the handling of sumout/roundoff errors and the use of the -a switch. 1) The -a swith no

PFGW 3.2.7 has been released

mgrogue@... — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:05:45 GMT

You can d/l PFGW 3.2.7 for Windows from here: http://openpfgw.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/openpfgw/pfgw_win_3.2.7_20100107.zip?view=log Mac and Linux versions

PFGW 3.2.6 has been released

mgrogue — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:53:30 GMT

There was a bug in 3.2.5 with NewPGen file handling. It has been fixed in 3.2.6, which you can get here:

Re: PFGW 3.2.5 has been released

Mark Rodenkirch — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:29:42 GMT

The Linux and MacIntel builds are now ready. Here are all of the links:

PFGW 3.2.5 has been released

mgrogue — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:16:14 GMT

1) Fixed b^n+1 check for using fast modular reduction 2) Some prime numbers silently fail (i.e. no errors detected) when testing for primality. To address

Re: a^b+c much slower than a^b-c

Mark Rodenkirch — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:25:29 GMT

Oops, you are correct, it affects +c, not -1 forms.

Re: a^b+c much slower than a^b-c

djbroadhurst — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:13:48 GMT

... On the contrary, it cripples b^n+c, making it 3 times slower than b^n-c. In neither case did I find any error; ... David (after 2500 tests on each form,

Re: a^b+c much slower than a^b-c

Mark Rodenkirch — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:59:25 GMT

... I found the problem. It only affects b^n-c forms. I won't release a patched version yet in case you (or someone else) discovers other problems. This is

Re: a^b+c much slower than a^b-c

Mark Rodenkirch — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:32:00 GMT

... I don't know. I'll investigate when I have some time.