At 08:32 PM 11/26/98 +0100, Nico Sterk wrote:
>Dear Mersenne prime hunters,
>
>Maybe it is a stupid question but I am curious to know whether there is a
>proof or conjecture about the finity or infinity of the number of Mersenne
>prime numbers. Can anybody tell me about it and/or give me a good hyperlink
>or article to refer to?
It has been conjectured that there are an infinite number of Mersenne primes,
but it is unproven. There are heuristic reasons for thinking so, and the
known
Mersenne primes are consistent with some conjectures that would imply an
infinite number of them.
http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~eww6n/math/MersennePrime.html
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