Mersenne: M727 factored!

[George Woltman]

>M727, the smallest Mersenne number with no known factor, is done.
>(It was clearly out of reach of ecm.)
>
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>From: Peter-Lawrence.Montgomery
>Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 03:26:19 GMT
>
>C(2,727-)
>* c219 = prp98.prp128.        SNFS    Dodson/AKL/CWI
>*                             Penultimate prime champion
>*                             Runner-up for SNFS difficulty
> 
>17606291711815434037934881872331611670777491166445300472749449436575622328171096762265466521858927
> 
>40099499726183758517891939428601665707063794593443940689888526556802581529262728143398959743444150539520890742947533452401
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