On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 18:29:55 -0800 Jefferson M Wolski
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>At 12:19 PM 1/27/99 -0500, Michel Lacoursiere wrote:
>>> 3 is a factor of M(4) = 15, I claim the prize, since no-one will
>>ever
>>> find a smaller prime factor of any Mersenne number ;-)
>>
>>What about 1 ? Isn't it a factor?
>>
>>Michel Lacoursi�re
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>
>What about -15, isn't it a factor?
>
>Respectfully,
>Jeff Wolski
>
>
Unfortunately, M(4) is not a Mersenne number, because the exponent, 4, is
not prime.
Also, what about imaginary numbers as factors?
-3i and 5i are factors of 15
(i = square root of -1)
Jonathan Zylstra
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