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1994-04-11 - Prime Numbers

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From: Jeremy Cooper <jeremy@crl.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 2a86b5df203a8a6ffb45f281cf70fc0454443217f427be9281dab6854082a325
Message ID: <Pine.3.87.9404101801.A23956-0100000@crl.crl.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1994-04-11 01:46:40 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 10 Apr 94 18:46:40 PDT

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From: Jeremy Cooper <jeremy@crl.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 94 18:46:40 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Prime Numbers
Message-ID: <Pine.3.87.9404101801.A23956-0100000@crl.crl.com>
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I found something interesting that I have not proven, but it has not 
failed yet:

The integer N is prime if:

   2^N - 2
  ---------
      N              is an integer.

Don't ask how I found it, I was just fooling around.  Now:
   Is there some way to reverse the formula so we can insert and integer 
and get a prime number out?  Let me know, I am over excited.

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