Re: Mersenne: 40th Mersenne Prime Found (probably)!
- Original Message - From: "George Woltman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
Re: Mersenne: 40th Mersenne Prime Found (probably)!
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 -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] American Iris Society Affiliates Chair, Symposium Chair, and Director in warm, winterless Los Angeles--USDA zone 9b-ish, Sunset 18-19 _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
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. The discoverer and the exponent will be kept secret until verification is complete. This is done for two reasons: 1) It reduces the incentive for a malicious user to hack prime95 to report a bogus prime, and 2) It makes it easier to interest a newspaper in reporting the find (they are breaking news rather than reporting 2-week old information). Congratulations to all! New primes can't be found without the thousands of unsuccessful tests contributed by everyone. Enjoy, George _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers