PRP
From SeventeenOrBust
The PRP-test (for PRobable Prime) is a test using Proth's Theorem to tell if a number is probably prime. It is implemented in the Seventeenorbust-client available in the which is to be considered as the main effort of Seventeenor bust, as the tests find the primes
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PRP - Howto
If you want to join the PRP-effort, you need to get the client in the downloadsection of the main project page.
Windows
After the download, you run the program and install it. After the installation, the client starts automatically and asks you if you want to create a new login.If you don't, the username remains set to 'anonymous'. You need only to click start and the client gets a k,n-pair to test. There is a known bug though. After you close the client the first time, it will get a new pair, due to not yet written registry information. Just close the client once by clicking on EXIT (the normal close command in the upper right corner will only minimize it to a tray icon), and restart it over. Your first assigned test will be reassigned later to somebody else. In order to run the client, you need access to the registry (if you don't, check out Sieving or Factoring).
Linux
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PRP`s Math
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Assignment system
Tests (k,n-pairs) are assigned to the client serverside from various ques. The progress can be verified on the secret stats page. To be completed...
