From: "David E. Smith" <dsmith@prairienet.org>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 21:30:10 -0800 (PST)
To: Scottauge@aol.com
Subject: Re: A quick discussion of Mersenne Numbers
Message-ID: <199612020529.XAA24879@cdale3.midwest.net>
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To: Scottauge@aol.com, cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Sun Dec 01 23:29:04 1996
> 
> I wake of the latest find announcement, some people maybe wondering what
>  the
> heck is this?!!
> 
> A mercenne number is of the type:
> 
> M(p) = 2**p -1 results in a prime when p is a prime.
> 

Oh, if only it were all that easy...

For more information on Mersenne primes, and using those spare
CPU cycles to search for new ones, check out:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/justforfun/range.htm(l?)



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