Subject: Bernoulli 152 factored Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 10:55:45 +0000 From: Allan MacLeod <MACL-MS0@wpmail.paisley.ac.uk> To: kc2h-msm@asahi-net.or.jp Hello, The following finishes off the factorisation of the Bernoulli number B152 Allan MacLeod Input number is 17695624578011883389150040773261458601008709343485748487732773827910375192512745293553193 (89 digits) Using B1=3000000, B2=300000000, polynomial x^30, sigma=1085513755 Step 1 took 686373ms for 39102834 muls, 3 gcdexts Step 2 took 330220ms for 16480797 muls, 29004 gcdexts ********** Factor found in step 2: 3720341037827029338655181363717044961 Found probable prime factor of 37 digits: 3720341037827029338655181363717044961 Probable prime cofactor 4756452270931461333440292016425113121424933437936713 has 52 digits