>distributed.net is a simpel brute force, for the mathematics behind mersenne.o
>rg see: http://www.mersenne.org/math.htm
>
>ok,ok, there is no use for such primes, but mathematics is - like life itself
>- l'art pour l'art anyway.
Apart from RC5, and the other inane crypto contests, distributed.net
is also searching for the optimal 24 and 25 mark Golomb rulers. So,
there is a purely mathematical project there too.
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