> >She told me that they have made some vague statements to her about how
> >they (this "they" again) have found (at least) two new Mersenne primes.
> >The exponent of one of them is supposed to be around 5,200,000 while the
> >other one is around 18,000,000.
> I am not convince than NSA would be involve in such effort. Or, maybe they are
> simpy running their own version of GIMPS on theirs computers!
I don't think they would invest the time either, seeing as there is no
practical (or forseeable) use for Meresenne primes. If it is true, I
don't see any reason they wouldn't share this discovery with the public,
as it would probably increase their PR a good bit.
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