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[YAFU] Aliquot sequence 3714280 has terminated!!!

View article · Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:31:43 +0000

[Gerasim@Home] Gerasim@home:

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Всем привет и хорошего настроения.

p.s. Слухи о моей смерти оказались несколько преувеличены. :)

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View article · Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:46:50 +0000

[SRBase] mfakto-test / fix for 6xxx/7xxx+

Download

Pls run it on windows or linux

win

mfakto.exe -st

linux

./mfakto.exe -st

GPUtype = AUTO /nothing need to be changed

View article · Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:10:40 +0000

[Amicable Numbers] The search up to 10^21 is finished

After more than 6 years, the BOINC project to find all amicable numbers up to 10²¹ is finished!

There are 4,810,863 21-digit amicable numbers, and 4,661,814 (96.9%) of them were found by BOINC volunteers. More than 60 million WUs were created and crunched through over the years.

Congratulations everyone and thank you all for your participation!

There are no plans to run the search up to 10²² at the moment - it will take more than 60 years, which is impractical. If, and that's a big IF, a new more efficient exhaustive search method is discovered in the future, then it will make sense to start the project again.

View article · Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:17:02 +0000

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