At 04:17 PM 11/18/2001 +0000, Daran wrote: >In general, number theorists do not give much credence to conjectures of >primality based solely upon the values of the first few elements of a >sequence.
I cannot help wondering if this is the sequence M(2), M(M(2)), M(M(M(2))), etc, which is indeed prime for all terms even vaguely capable of testing at the present time. The problem is that 90 digits in the exponent seems high for M(M(127)), the next term in the sequence. Nathan _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
