What is YAFU?

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yoyo_rkn Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project tester Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Project scientist Send message Joined: 22 Aug 11 Posts: 737 Credit: 17,612,101 RAC: 26	Message 20 - Posted: 1 Sep 2011, 20:08:49 UTC YAFU - Yet Another Factoring Utility We are factoring numbers in the range of 70 - 110 digits which needs factoring in the factordb. At the beginning we start with numbers of 89 digits. There are ~ 6700 of them which needs to be factored. ID: 20 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Cruncher Pete Send message Joined: 28 Aug 11 Posts: 6 Credit: 29,599,009 RAC: 280	Message 27 - Posted: 2 Sep 2011, 7:43:11 UTC - in response to Message 20. Hi Tom. Thanks for the explanation of the project. Whilst it is of no consequence to me as I crunch any scientific endeavor to help, I am not an academic and do not understand what factoring would do for us in the future or how it might help if we discover something as far as numbers are concerned. Is here a simple explanation? ID: 27 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote