Re: [Prime] It's official - 47th Mersenne Prime found

2009-06-13 Thread Rodolfo Ruiz Huidobro
official - 47th Mersenne Prime found To: The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search lis prime@hogranch.com Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 10:18 PM Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:45:33 -0400 From: wolt...@alum.mit.edu Percentage-wise M42643801 and M43112609 is the shortest gap between Mersenne

Re: [Prime] It's official - 47th Mersenne Prime found

2009-06-13 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 05:18:38AM +, david eddy wrote: Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:45:33 -0400 From: wolt...@alum.mit.edu Percentage-wise M42643801 and M43112609 is the shortest gap between Mersenne primes. A mere 141,125 digits gives us 10^141,125 % No, no, 10^141,127 %. Don't forget the

Re: [Prime] It's official - 47th Mersenne Prime found

2009-06-12 Thread david eddy
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:45:33 -0400 From: wolt...@alum.mit.edu Percentage-wise M42643801 and M43112609 is the shortest gap between Mersenne primes. Hmm. A mere 141,125 digits gives us 10^141,125 % :) _ With Windows

Re: [Prime] It's official - 47th Mersenne Prime found

2009-06-12 Thread Steven J Phipps
I think George was referring to the exponent... :-) A mere 141,125 digits gives us 10^141,125 % ___ Prime mailing list Prime@hogranch.com http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime