Re: Mersenne: 40th Mersenne Prime Found (probably)!

2003-06-02 Thread Gerry Snyder
George Woltman wrote:
 
 Hello all,
 
 This morning a new Mersenne Prime was reported to the primenet server.
 It will be the new largest known prime but is less than 10 million digits

Congratulations to all!!

Gerry
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Re: Mersenne: 40th Mersenne Prime Found (probably)!

2003-06-02 Thread Daran
- Original Message -
From: George Woltman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 5:06 PM
Subject: Mersenne: 40th Mersenne Prime Found (probably)!


 Hello all,

 This morning a new Mersenne Prime was reported to the primenet server.
 It will be the new largest known prime but is less than 10 million digits.

 For those not familiar with the process regarding new prime discoveries,
 here is what will happen.  The discovery will be verified using a
 different program and different hardware.

I presume you're doing an unofficial DC on it right now.  Can you give us
some idea when this will be complete?

 Enjoy,
 George

Daran G




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