Re: Mersenne: status of exponents

[Jud McCranie]

At 04:32 PM 6/13/99 +0200, Sturle Sunde wrote:
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>Great.  Next time Primenet tells me "Error, this exponent is already 
>tested" on the exponent I reserved a few months ago, I should be very 
>happy and tell myself: "Great!  Someone have tested the exponent for me, 
>and will get the credit if it was prime! 

I propose this as the honorable thing to do.  First, you aren't likely to
discover a prime, but if you do discover one that some other GIMPS person is
working on, you should contact that person and share the credit.
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