Mersenne Digest Sunday, November 28 1999 Volume 01 : Number 665 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 21:53:56 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mersenne: HTML Mersenne Primes paper! <<I downloaded the paper and found it delightful. Thanks for making it available. Where is Thornton High School ?>> You're welcome! Thornton High is in Colorado - we enjoy low, low air pressure, wildly variable weather, and more cosmic rays than you can shake a stick at! Thanks to Larry (?? Last name ??), who notified me that I can simply click Save As HTML in MS Word! Bill Gates performs a miracle again! *grin* I put the HTML version in my private directory. For those who live in a world free of Micros~1, simply go to: http://members.aol.com/stl137/private/Mersenne.html Apparently, the capital "M" in Mersenne is necessary for the URL. For those with MS Word 97, the .DOC version will preserve some of the more esoteric things, like supersuperscripts. However, the graphs are visible in the HTML version, and 98% of it is readable. I've completely run out of web space now, though - I'll have to weasel more from AOL. *sigh* Stephan "Lucas Wiman must be on vacation, I guess" Lavavej _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 22:32:11 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mersenne: History of PrimeNet My Mersenne primes paper (in both its .DOC and .HTML formats) has been updated to include a history of PrimeNet that was kindly provided by Scott Kurowski. I'm sure that by now some are falling ill with URL Repetition Syndrome, so I won't mention the URLs again. Stephan "You know it's bad when you try to FTP mersenne.aol.com" Lavavej _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 00:28:33 -0500 From: Bush Doctor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Mersenne: Maple The computer muse inspired Ian L McLoughlin to say: > Anybody know about this language? > Where it can be obtained...et..al.. try this: http://www.maplesoft.com > Cheers, > Ian McLoughlin, Chematek U.K. > > Tel/Fax : +44(0)1904 679906 > Mobile : +44(0)7801 823421 > Website: www.chematekuk.co.uk > #:^) - -- bush doctor harder than the rest ... _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 01:24:23 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mersenne: Renaming devils strike Looks like after I updated it, a capital "M" must be typed in "Mersenne.zip" AND "Mersenne.html" to access my paper. Stephan "...and the number of the beast shall be 404" Lavavej _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 21:19:10 +0000 From: Tony Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Mersenne: MM61 If you have a PC and are interested in joining a coordinated search for a factor of the double-Mersenne number MM61 (= Mersenne number M2305843009213693951), have a look at http://www.ltkz.demon.co.uk/ar2/mm61.htm Thanks, - -- Tony _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 18:41:48 -0500 From: Jud McCranie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Mersenne: Maple At 01:12 AM 11/27/99 +0000, Ian L McLoughlin wrote: >Anybody know about this language? >Where it can be obtained...et..al.. There's information about it at: http://www.maplesoft.com/ I got my copy from an online book store. +--------------------------------------------------------+ | Jud McCranie | | | | 137*2^197783+1 is prime! (59,541 digits, 11/11/99) | +--------------------------------------------------------+ _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 18:32:34 -0500 From: Jud McCranie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Mersenne: Atanasoff At 01:57 AM 11/25/99 -0500, Vincent J. Mooney Jr. wrote: >There seems to some interest in the first computer. I refer you to the book >"The First Electronic Computer : The Atanasoff Story" by Alice R. Burks, >Arthur W. Burks still available on amazon.com. That book is controversial, and most people in-the-know don't agree with it. +--------------------------------------------------------+ | Jud McCranie | | | | 137*2^197783+1 is prime! (59,541 digits, 11/11/99) | +--------------------------------------------------------+ _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 19:31:43 -0500 From: "Vincent J. Mooney Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Mersenne: Atanasoff At 06:32 PM 11/28/99 -0500, Jud McCranie wrote: >At 01:57 AM 11/25/99 -0500, Vincent J. Mooney Jr. wrote: >>There seems to some interest in the first computer. I refer you to the book >>"The First Electronic Computer : The Atanasoff Story" by Alice R. Burks, >>Arthur W. Burks still available on amazon.com. > >That book is controversial, and most people in-the-know don't agree with it. >> Pleasse tell us what there is to disagree with. _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 22:11:57 -0500 From: Jud McCranie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Mersenne: Atanasoff At 07:31 PM 11/28/99 -0500, Vincent J. Mooney Jr. wrote: > Pleasse tell us what there is to disagree with. This is off-topic, but there was prior work on the Mark I, in Germany by Zuse, and in England on the code breaking project. There is no clear inventor of the computer in the eyes of most historians. Much of the controversy is covered in chapter 8 of "ENIAC" by Scott McCartney and other books such as ""Portraits in Silicon". Iowa State University seems overzealous in promoting Atanasoff. +--------------------------------------------------------+ | Jud McCranie | | | | 137*2^197783+1 is prime! (59,541 digits, 11/11/99) | +--------------------------------------------------------+ _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers ------------------------------ End of Mersenne Digest V1 #665 ******************************
