Some considerable while back, there was a lively discussion as to the
_total_ number of Mersenne primes. I still believe that the number is
finite, in contrast to what appears to be the majority view: that there is
an infinity of Mersenne primes out there waiting to be discovered.
One correspondent at that time postulated that there were no further
Mersenne primes to be discovered and that the 37th was also the last. In the
light of recent events, does anybody have an update on this view? So far as
I am aware, M38 has not been confirmed yet. No flames, please: I am _not_
posting this as an "I told you so" but as a genuine enquiry.
Regards,
Ian
Ian W Halliday
Wellington, New Zealand
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