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From: doug@wri.com (Doug Stein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds,sci.math.symbolic
Subject: Re: HP48/Kalb/Bos dusts 80486/Mathematica
Message-ID: <1991Jun17.182703.28007@wri.com>
Date: 17 Jun 91 18:27:03 GMT
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I just tried these using Mathematica 2.0 (beta4) and got the following:

Sparc 1+:

FactorInteger[4611686018427387903]//Timing
{28.1 Second, {{3, 1}, {715827883, 1}, {2147483647, 1}}}

FactorInteger[128573131102428317]//Timing
{78.1667 Second, {{224284387, 1}, {573259391, 1}}}

FactorInteger[50303624411148161]//Timing
{77.25 Second, {{224284387, 1}, {224285003, 1}}}

FactorInteger[5260991541853343]//Timing
{66.0833 Second, {{23456789, 1}, {224284387, 1}}}

Mac IIfx

FactorInteger[4611686018427387903]//Timing
{40.2833 Second, {{3, 1}, {715827883, 1}, {2147483647, 1}}}

FactorInteger[128573131102428317]//Timing
{177.867 Second, {{224284387, 1}, {573259391, 1}}}

FactorInteger[50303624411148161]//Timing
{138.667 Second, {{224284387, 1}, {224285003, 1}}}

FactorInteger[5260991541853343]//Timing
{100.417 Second, {{23456789, 1}, {224284387, 1}}}

Doug Stein
Wolfram Research, Inc.
doug@wri.com