On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 03:20:50PM +0100, Elias Daher wrote: > (2^2-1) is prime! (=3) > > (2^[2^2-1]-1) is prime! (=7) > > (2^[2^(2^2-1)-1]-1) is prime! (=127) [...] > >Well, I wish I will live enough (maybe thousands of years!!!) to see this number >tested!
I'm positive there was a FAQ entry on this very question somewhere, but I can't remember where it was... /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers