Talk:RSA Factoring Challenge

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[edit] Bit counts column in table?

Wouldn't it be nice to have a binary digit column? JidGom 19:03, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Sure. Any volunteers? :) -- Schnee 19:48, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Ok did it... Counted bits with the Unix command
echo "ibase=10; obase=2; $NUMBER" |bc |tr -d '\\\n' |wc -c
JidGom 01:16, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Great. ^_^ -- Schnee 23:27, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Distinguish different naming schemes in table?

Wouldn't it be better to distinguish between those numbers which are labelled for the number of bits (new system) and those which are labelled for the number of decimal digits (old system)? At the moment the table feels confusing because it does not appear to be in numerical order, unless I have made some mistake. --Mysteronald 17:30, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Yes, I think it would be helpful if we could distinguish them a little more clearly. Perhaps we could split the table into two consecutive tables showing the two types? — Matt Crypto 19:01, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Thanks to whoever fixed this by color-coding the numbers. —Lowellian (reply) 22:11, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] names of functions

should be specified in the the mathematics section.--MarSch 13:06, 20 October 2005 (UTC)