RE: [stella] A7800

Subject: RE: [stella] A7800
From: "Andrew Davie" <adavie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 17:14:12 +1100
> I've got a question, and pardon me if I'm missing something important, but
> the gist of the problem is, we have a gigantic number that is the
> product of
> two other relatively large numbers.  The product is SO big it's just about
> impossible to factor.


This occurred to me also.
But I can narrow the search - what was the highest known prime at the time
of the creation of the number?  The two primes involved have to be lower
than that :)

Cheers
A


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