>Hi all! > > The 38th Mersenne prime was *probably* discovered today. The exponent >is in the 6,000,000s (the prime is in the neighborhood of 2,000,000 >digits). This is great news for the project--it should raise morale after the version 17 bug. It has been a long time (almost a year and a half) since the last discovery. Is there anyhing you can tell us about how this result is being double-checked? I'd imagine that some sort of supercomputer is being used. Do you have any idea how long it is expected to take? _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm
