Talk:MPrime

Reqphoto
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Anthony5429 (talk • contribs) 15:54, 13 October 2006


 * I suppose "photo" means screenshot here, but on linux there's no GUI so it would be just something like

(mfh@lx01 ~/Research/NumberTheory/gimps) mprime -h Usage: mprime [-cdhmstv] [-aN] [-b[N]] [-wDIR] -c     Contact the PrimeNet server, then exit. -d     Print detailed information to stdout. -h     Print this. -m     Menu to configure mprime. -s     Display status. -t     Run the torture test. -v     Print the version number. -aN    Use an alternate set of INI and output files. -bN    Run in the background. N is number of CPUs. -wDIR  Run from a different working directory.

(mfh@lx01 ~/Research/NumberTheory/gimps) ls loca0001.ini           prim0001.log            q1I94089 local.ini              prime.ini               resu0001.txt p0H56477               prime.log               results.txt p1I94089               primenet.ini            work0001.ini prim0001.ini           q0H56477                worktodo.ini (mfh@lx01 ~/Research/NumberTheory/gimps) mprime -b2 (mfh@lx01 ~/Research/NumberTheory/gimps) mprime -s Below is a report on the work you have queued and any expected completion dates. M42056477, Lucas-Lehmer test, Wed Jul 30 20:06 2008 The chance that the exponent you are testing will yield a Mersenne prime is about 1 in 348146. (mfh@lx01 ~/Research/NumberTheory/gimps) mprime -s -A1 Below is a report on the work you have queued and any expected completion dates. M43194089, Lucas-Lehmer test, Fri Aug 15 13:48 2008 The chance that the exponent you are testing will yield a Mersenne prime is about 1 in 357564. (mfh@lx01 ~/Research/NumberTheory/gimps) mprime -v Mersenne Prime Test Program, Version 24.14.2 (mfh@lx01 ~/Research/NumberTheory/gimps) uptime 12:56:35 up 136 days, 22:58, 3 users,  load average: 2.01, 1.29, 0.05 (mfh@lx01 ~/Research/NumberTheory/gimps) which mprime /usr/bin/mprime (mfh@lx01 ~/Research/NumberTheory/gimps)
 * Would this really "improve its quality" ? &mdash; MFH:Talk 17:02, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

mersenne only ?
I'm not sure but I believe that mprime does not only check Mersenne numbers but can "treat" (whatever that means : ecm / gcd / P-1 / trial factor ? ...) any numbers of the form k*b^n+c. Some guru advice needed... &mdash; MFH:Talk 13:21, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

merge with Prime95
Even though there are OS specific issues, wouldn't it me reasonable to merge mprime with Prime95? &mdash; MFH:Talk 17:02, 5 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree. Prime95 and MPrime are basically the same thing. --Ixfd64 (talk) 16:47, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge. It appears to come from the same source code, from the same site. Widefox (talk) 12:23, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge. Agree with reasons above. Why hasn't this been done yet? :P —Per Hedetun (talk) 02:01, 29 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I've gone ahead and merged it with Prime95. --Ixfd64 (talk) 02:32, 19 February 2011 (UTC)