Re: Mersenne: Mersenne FAQ 1.1

1999-06-29 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 04:16:19AM -0400, Lucas Wiman wrote: >I corrected a few typos. I then added 500 more of them when I added the LL >section. The LL section needs major revision, and clarification, especially >the repeating LL part. But it still is nice!! Good work. Let us never ever see t

Re: Mersenne: Mersenne FAQ 1.1

1999-06-29 Thread Jud McCranie
At 04:16 AM 6/29/99 -0400, Lucas Wiman wrote: >All, >Here is version 1.1 of the FAQ. Also. FAQs involve why do we think there are an infinite number of Mersenne primes, how many are expected below a given limit, and what s the probability of finding one. +

Re: Mersenne: Mersenne FAQ 1.1

1999-06-29 Thread Jud McCranie
At 04:16 AM 6/29/99 -0400, Lucas Wiman wrote: >All, >Here is version 1.1 of the FAQ. Here's a question that needs to be addressed: how to go from digits to exponents, and exponent to digits. +--+ | Jud "program first and think later" McCranie | +--

Mersenne: Mersenne FAQ 1.1

1999-06-29 Thread Lucas Wiman
All, Here is version 1.1 of the FAQ. I corrected a few typos. I then added 500 more of them when I added the LL section. The LL section needs major revision, and clarification, especially the repeating LL part. I think we might add a section on FFT, and DWT, though I don't know enough about mat

Mersenne: Mersenne FAQ

1999-06-27 Thread Lucas Wiman
All, Here is a potential FAQ of the mersenne mailing list. At the moment it only deals with factoring, but this should change. Any suggestions for what should be in the FAQ? Any mistakes? Any Clarifications? -Lucas Wiman Q: How is factoring done on mersenne numbers? A: We check a potential fa