After less than one and a half months (14 August to 23 September), we were able to successfully complete our search project: We have found all the smaller path records as well as all starting numbers 2 * 1016 * starting number (only such numbers are given as candidates) which were found by other persons (mainly Tomas Olivera e Silva and Eric Roosendaal); and thus validate our approach in the opposite direction. We have found 4 new path records and have been able to prove that all starting numbers

More...