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Unix users can participate in GIMPS using precompiled clients or source code at Ernst Mayer's site and the manual testing forms at the PrimeNet server.

Version 23.5 of the client is available as of July 4, 2003. Pentium 4 owners will see speed improvements of 25% with this version, and Athlon, Duron, Pentium 3, and Celeron 2 owners will see speed improvements of 3-8%. Beta version 23.7 of the client is available as of September 6, 2003. It fixes a torture test bug. See a complete list of features in this version.

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Submit new primes to the Top 5000 Primes list. Version 7.1 of Proth is available as of October 29, 2002.

See the list of prime numbers that I've found.

On February 6, 2003, a project member discovered the largest (6,2,5) result above 60,000.

On December 8, 2002, a project member found a new upper limit for Taxicab(6): Taxicab(6) <= 24153319581254312065344, since 24153319581254312065344 = 28906206³ + 582162³ = 28894803³ + 3064173³ = 28657487³ + 8519281³ = 27093208³ + 16218068³ = 26590452³ + 17492496³ = 26224366³ + 18289922³. The Taxicab problem isn't a part of the Minimal Equal Sums of Like Powers project, but this is a big discovery nonetheless.

Version 4.21b of the client is available as of September 30, 2002. This version handles reserved work ranges better, points to the new eulernet.org domain automatically, and on the server side, allows for simultaneous client connections. Note: you should upgrade from version 4.18 and earlier to fix a significant client bug in those versions. Note: 4.21b has a bug which prevents the client from connecting to the server if you try to reserve more than the maximum 100 ranges. Use temporary version 4.21c to fix the bug.

Note: the project server's old ISP and domain (euler.myip.org) are unreachable as of October 15, 2002. Please use the domain eulernet.org.

The project completed its first goal, processing 20,000 blocks, on November 19, 2002. The project found a new glide record in December, 2002. This is the first glide record found in almost a year. The record occurs at 180352,746940,718527, and the new glide is 1575, an improvement of 104 over the previous record. The project found a new Path record in March, 2003. The previous Path record was found in late 2002. The record occurs at 212581,558780,141311, (or +/- 189.2⁵⁰) and it reaches a maximum of 4353,436332,008631,522202,821543,171376.

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Version 1.5 of the client is available as of February 17, 2001.

The project is on hold as of April 15, 2002, while a problem in the software is resolved.

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Version 4.1 of the client is available as of September 7, 2001.

The latest factor, 1,054,057^.2^8,300 + 1 divides F_8,298 was discovered by Craig Kitchen on November 1, 2003. 250 total Fermat factors are known: 8 have been found in 2003.

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To participate in the project, download a precompiled, statically linked executable for Linux ELF, FreeBSD ELF, Solaris 5.6, or Windows (you can also download and compile the source code), and also download a perl script called PcpSieve.pl which runs the executable, scans the output for record solutions, and emails the solutions to the project coordinator (you can also run the executable manually, search the output manually and email any record solutions you find). Note to Windows users: the Windows client was compiled by Michael Keppler of Rechenkraft.net. He says that it has a serious memory leak, and that you may need to kill it and restart it every day. If anyone knows how to debug Windows application memory leaks, please contact him.

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On January 6, 2003, Daniel Heuer discovered the largest known Generalized Fermat prime 1483076⁶⁵⁵³⁶+1 (404,434 digits), with GFNSieve+Proth, beating his previous record from October 8, 2002. "This number is the new largest known prime which is not a Mersenne prime, and the 6th largest known prime." On February 16, 2003, Michael Angel discovered the first prime of the form b²¹⁷ + 1: 62722¹³¹⁰⁷² + 1 (628,808 digits). This number is the 5th largest known prime. On February 21, 2003, the project completed the whole range 2-2,200,000 for exponent 32768. It found 35 primes in this range. On March 26, 2003, Franz Hagel discovered the 20th Generalized Fermat prime of the form b⁶⁵⁵³⁶ + 1: 357868⁶⁵⁵³⁶ + 1 (363,969 digits). On July 12, 2003, Michael Angel discovered the second known prime of the form b²¹⁷ + 1: 130816¹³¹⁰⁷² + 1. On August 22, 2003, Daniel Heuer discovered the largest known Generalized Fermat prime: 1176694²¹⁷ + 1. This 795,695 digit number is now the 5th largest known prime. On September 22, 2003, Daniel Heuer discovered the new largest known Generalized Fermat prime: 1372930²¹⁷ + 1. This 804,474 digit number is now the 5th largest known prime.

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Participants in the project should have at least a 600 Mhz PC. To join the project, first download George Woltman's PRP software for Windows or Linux. Then send email to William Garnett with your CPU type and speed and your operating system, and he will send you instructions for participating.

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The project began its k=33661 project on November 21, 2002, and fifteen additional projects on November 23, 2002. It has found the following primes:

To participate in the project, sign up for an account, download the client, add your account name to the client configuration, and run it. The client does Proth tests on individual numbers. Each number should take a few hours to test on an average machine. When the project server assigns you a number, it waits for up to 10 days for you to return your search results, and reassigns the number to someone else if it doesn't receive your results within that time.

The client supports users behind firewalls and proxy servers. Version 1.11 of the client is available for Windows as of November 2, 2003. This version fixes a significant bug for Pentium 4 users. Version 1.0.2 is available for Linux, BeOS and FreeBSD as of November 27, 2002. Note: as of October 5, 2002, results from version 0.9.0 or earlier of the client are not accepted by the server. Please upgrade if you are running an older version. Windows users with dual-CPU machines can download a special copy of the 0.9.9 Windows client which will allow them to run the client on both CPUs.

Seventeen or Bust also has a supporting project to sieve numbers for the main project: sieving finds n numbers with small factors and removes them from the pool of prime number candidates which need to be tested by Seventeen or Bust. Two clients are available for sieving: SoBSieve (for Windows) and NBeGone (for multiple platforms). To reserve a range of numbers to sieve, post a message to the sieve coordination thread. Then submit the results from the range to the "sieve numbers" page mentioned above.

The Phi(92) series was completely factored by November 2, 2002: the last composite number was factored by Tetsuya Kobayashi on that date. Katsuyuki Okeya finished the Phi(61) and Phi(122) series on December 30, 2002. The Phi(69) series was been completely factored by January 12, 2003: the last composite number was factored by Alexander Kruppa.

To participate in the project, you can download and compile a GMP or UBASIC factorization program, view a page of reserved numbers, then select a range of numbers to factorize and send email to Hisanori Mishima with the range information.

Read a paper about cyclotomic polynomials and prime numbers by Yves Gallot.

The project uses George Woltman's PRP software (available for Windows and Linux). Instructions for downloading and using the software are listed here.

The client runs as a Windows screensaver or service or as a command-line application. The command-line version displays a configurable amount of information about what it is doing. You must have Java Runtime Environment 1.2.2 or higher installed to use the client. It only needs to be connected to the Internet to receive work or send results. Version 1.8.6 of the client is available as of December 1, 2003: it adds some new features, several bug fixes, and a 10% improvement in performance. A Control Center client is also available for Windows: it allows you to monitor multiple CPUs and estimates the time remaining to complete an active work unit. A beta version of the ZetaGrid library is available for X86 Linux as of May 3, 2003. It is about 30% faster than the previous version.

Note to users of the command-line client. You must download both the zeta_base.zip and zeta_platform.zip files to use this version of the client. Edit zeta.cfg to specify your user information and how you want the client to use your system. Next, download the zeta.cmd or zeta.sh startup script and edit it to define your JAVA_HOME and proxy server (if you have one) variables.

See research papers about this project and its results.

The client software consists of a server application which must be run on a GNU/Linux system with a version 2.4 or later kernel, and a client application which may be run on the same GNU/Linux system or on other GNU/Linux or Windows NT/2000/XP systems which can communicate with the server application over an intranet. To participate in the project, send email to Tomás Oliveira e Silva, the project coordinator, with information about the machine(s) on which you will run the server and client applications, and he will send you more information about how to participate.

To participate in the project, download the DOS executable fastpix11.exe from the project website, reserve ranges of numbers through the website, process the ranges, and submit your results to the website. You may reserve a range for no longer than two weeks.

To participate, download the proth.exe client, view reserved ranges on the checked out and progress page, then reserve a range (and submit your results) on the range reservation page.

On April 11, 2003, the project found prime 3 * 2²³⁴⁷⁶⁰-1 (70,671 digits).

To participate, download one of the following software clients: LLR, PFGW, PRP (see download links in the discussion forum) and send email to Paul Underwood. He will send you instructions on how to participate and will give you blocks to process. Note: this project only has a discussion forum and no website.

On November 10, 2002, NFSNET completed the factorization of W(668), a 204-digit special number field sieve (SNFS).

The client is command-line, with a GUI wrapper client available. It is better for users with permanent Internet connections. It supports users behind firewalls but not users behind proxy servers. Release Candidate 1 of the client is available as of May 12, 2003.

Results so far:

Number	Began	Sieving Completed	Factorization Completed	Stats
6257 - 1 a most-wanted Cunningham number	November 10, 2002	December 8, 2002	January 29, 2003 this is the first result from the NFSNET project	unavailable
5289 + 1	December 8, 2002	January 4, 2003	February 4, 2003	stats
11197 + 1 a most-wanted Cunningham number	January 4, 2003	January 29, 2003	February 25, 2003	stats
2673 - 1	January 29, 2003	February 17, 2003	March 17, 2003	stats
12178 + 1 a most-wanted Cunningham number	February 17, 2003	February 25, 2003	March 20, 2003	stats
5298 + 1	February 25, 2003	March 29, 2003	April 26, 2003	stats
12197 - 1	March 29, 2003	May 1, 2003	May 20, 2003	stats
10227 - 1	May 1, 2003	July 7, 2003	August 23, 2003	stats
2713 - 1	July 7, 2003	July 27, 2003	September 1, 2003	stats
2757 - 1	July 27, 2003	October 13, 2003	December 2, 2003	stats
2811 - 1	October 13, 2003	about 24%	not yet started	stats

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On June 7, 2003, Jiong Sun finished !18+/-1 to 150000.

Participation instructions are at the top of the project page. Basically, you email the project coordinator to reserve a type, then use the multisieve and pfgw Windows applications to sieve the range and find primes in it, then submit your results to the project coordinator.

See results of the project.

Lucas numbers currently being worked on:

The Windows client includes different cores optimized for various platforms such as AMD Athlon and Intel Pentium 4. The client software source code is also available, so you can compile it for Linux or your favorite flavor of Unix. A server application is also available, to make it easier for you to run the client on multiple systems in an Intranet. The latest versions of the Client and Server applications are available as of December 7, 2003.

To participate, download the following software clients: NewPGen sieve, LLR prime tester (see download links at the project site), choose a 15k value and send email to TTcreation@aol.com along with the name or screen name you would like to use for the project: detailed participation instructions are in the discussion forum.

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Collatz Phase 1 tested n from 1 to 99,999,999,999. It began on August 22, 2003, and ended on September 3, 2003. Collatz Phase 2 tested n from 100,000,000,000-350,010,009,999. It began on September 2, 2003 and ended on September 10, 2003. Collatz Phase 3 tested n from 350,010,009,999-850,060,009,999. It began on September 10, 2003. Collatz Phase 4 tested n from 850,060,009,999-1,850,160,009,999. Collatz Phase 5 tested n from 1,850,160,009,999-11,851,160,009,999. Collatz Phase 6 tested n from 11,851,160,009,999-21,852,160,009,999. Collatz Phase 7 tested n from 21,852,160,009,999-71,857,160,010,000. Collatz Phase 8 is testing n from 71,857,160,010,000-121,862,160,010,001.

Information about downloading and using the Grid on Tap client is available at the Grid on Tap platform site.

To participate in the project, download the ECMclient application and configure it according to the directions on the download page (if you already have the ECM or ECMclient application installed, you only need to reconfigure it to use server=wblipp.dynu.com and port=8194). Unix users can follow instructions to create an ECM client for Unix. Once ECMclient is configured, it contacts the ElevenSmooth project server to get work units and to return results. It processes a work unit for 30 minutes by default, but you can change the processing time by changing the maxfreq parameter. The project supports users behind firewalls and possibly proxy servers. It supports modem users with a little bit of work. See the help page for information about using firewalls, proxy servers, and modems.

The project also has a Special Project sub-project for users who have contributed at least one full week to the main ECM project. The Special Project "uses GIMPS' program Prime95 to work on all primitives of M(3326400) simultaneously. If any ECM work is going to be done on the largest composites, Prime95 is much faster. The subfactor composites are then tested 'for free.' However, even with Prime95, it takes a long time to run ECM curves on large numbers." Users who qualify for this project will be invited by email to join it.

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On October 15, 2003, the project found a prime number: 212893 * 2⁷³⁰³⁸⁷ - 1. On October 22, 2003, it found another prime number: 458743 * 2⁵⁴⁷⁷⁹¹ - 1. On December 22, 2003, it found another prime number: 261221 * 2⁶⁸⁹⁴²² - 1.

To participate in the project, view instructions in the download discussion forum. Basically you download the rieselsieve.exe executable and the riesel.dat data file (about 23 MB compressed and 89 MB fully expanded). Then you reserve a range of numbers, process them with rieselsieve.exe, and submit your resulting factors. The riesel.dat file is updated regularly and gets smaller as prime candidates are removed.

The latest version of the client is available for Windows and Linux as of December 13, 2003. This version is about 80% faster than previous versions. A client should be available for FreeBSD soon. The riesel.dat file was last updated on December 22, 2003.

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The project found its first prime number, 87743 * 2²¹²⁵⁶⁵ + 1, in December, 2003. It found its second prime number, 224027 * 2²⁷³⁹⁶⁷ + 1, on December 12, 2003.

To participate in the project, choose a k from the status page, then email the project coordinator to reserve the k. Then use the newpgen and PRP applications (see links on the project website: clients are available for Windows and Linux) to find primes. If you find a prime, email the project coordinator so he can delete the k on the status page.

See the project's results.

To participate in the project, send email to the project coordinator, user "thefatphil" at host "yahoo.co.uk", to let him know you're interested. Then download the client and follow the instructions on the download page for running it. Version 0.7 of the client is available for Windows. Version 0.8 is available for Linux, FreeBSD, AIX and Irix.