Dale Horn noted: >Eric Hahn posted a message on July 30, 2000, stating that one of >the ranges a Mersenne Prime should be found was between >2^13430227-1 and 2^13501387.
That July 30, 2000 posting by Eric Hahn included: >M#39 - 53.7390% probability - range=10987349-11013853 >M#39 - 64.0127% probability - range=10914203-11092621 >M#39 - 81.6073% probability - range=10793527-11204183 >M#39 - 97.3391% probability - range=10526447-11390453 > >M#40 - 61.4726% probability - range=13430227-13501387 >M#40 - 77.3902% probability - range=13359163-13592549 >M#40 - 86.0715% probability - range=13231913-13684399 >M#40 - 96.5507% probability - range=13092361-13973117 Note that the 13430227-13501387 prediction was for the 40th, not the 39th, Mersenne prime! There are currently over 400 not-yet-completed first-time LL assignments for exponents in the range 10526447-11390453, predicted above to have 97+% probability of encompassing M39. Richard B. Woods _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
