A script for algebraic elimination hints for pl_remain.txt
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If it reports
* x^3 ...
then it means the whole k can be eliminated (for a hypothetical example 8*125^n+1) -- practice shows that even squares are occasionally missed.
If it says
1|3 46^3 184*529^n+1
then just eliminate n=1 (mod 3) from the ...b529_k184... file