Large Factors Found By ECM in 1996 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This file (champs96.txt) contains information on factors of at least 40 decimal digits found by the elliptic curve factoring method (ECM) in 1996. Compiled by R. P. Brent with assistance from F. Berger, B. Dodson, Y. Kida, H. Kuwakado, A. Lenstra, P. Montgomery, A. Mueller, D. Rusin, S. Wagstaff, G. Wambach and P. Zimmermann. In 1996 there were 27 factors which are summarized in the following table: p40 p41 p42 p43 p44 p45 p46 p47 total Berger-Mueller 1 - - 1 - - - - 2 Brent 2 2 1 2 - - - - 7 Dodson 3 - 1 - - - - - 4 Kida 1 - - - - - - - 1 Kuwakado - 1 - - - - - - 1 Montgomery 3 1 - - - - 1 1 6 Wambach 3 2 - - - - - - 5 Zimmermann 1 - - - - - - - 1 Totals 14 6 2 3 - - 1 1 27 For more details see champs1.txt and champs2.txt