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25> f(a=b) and of a=b\Gammam are both smooth, meaning that only small prime factors divide these numerators. These are more likely to be smooth when 1 We assume the reader to be familiar with this factoring method, although no expert knowledge is required to understand the spirit of this announcement. 2 NFSNET is a collaborative effort to factor numbers by the Number Field Sieve. It relies on volunteers from around the world who contribute the "spare time" of a large number of workstations to perform the sieving. In addition to completing work on other numbers, their 75 workstations sieved (3 349 \Gamma 1)=2 during the months of December 1996 and January 1997. The organizers and principal researchers of NFSNET are: Marije ElkenbrachtHuizing, Peter Montgomery, Bob Silverman, Richard Wackerbarth, and Sam Wagstaff, Jr. 1. the polynomial values themselves are

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