[extropy-chat] new mersenne prime?

[Samantha Atkins]

Can the $100K reward be claimed for a prime with at least 10 million  
digits that is not a Mersenne prime?

- samantha

On Dec 17, 2005, at 12:38 PM, spike wrote:

>
>
> Wooooohooooo!  {8^D
>
> The primenet may have discovered a new record breaking
> Mersenne prime, number 43.  It waits to be verified of
> course, which will take about 3 to 4 weeks.  But each
> time it has reached this stage before, it has been proven
> correct.  If true, this has been a hell of a year for
> mathematically-oriented humanity.  {8-]
>
> Interesting note: this one is probably still not at
> the ten million digit mark, which is worth $100k-bucks
> to the discoverer, but rather more likely around 8 to
> 9 million digits.  So if anyone wants to take a shot
> at the 100k, you know what to do, or if not, google
> on primenet, mersenne, or just go here, read and do:
>
> http://www.mersenne.org/ips/
>
>
> spike
>
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