Nathan Ranks wrote: > > Is it just me, or am I missing something? If you multiply any two numbers > together, the resulting number can't be prime since it would be divisible by > both the two numbers used....... > > Prime = divisible by itself and 1
Quite so! That's why we are concerned that such an article should be published widely. I apologise unreservedly for any suggestion I may have made that the article was written by anyone in Redmond, and acknowledge Paul's comments on this matter. Regards, Ian -- Ian W Halliday, BA Hons, AAIBF Snr, ATMS, CL +64 27 245 6089 (GMT+12) http://baptism.co.nz ; http://ringbark.livejournal.com Focus On Success -- Word documents not accepted -- see http://baptism.co.nz/word.html _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers