Mersenne Digest Sunday, December 31 2000 Volume 01 : Number 805 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 15:48:21 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mersenne: Automatic reply I have moved. My new address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please use this address in the future. Thanks _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 18:01:32 -0600 From: Nathan Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Mersenne: 2000 - first calender year without a Mersenne Well, unless there is an announcement within the next few hours, 2000 will be the first calender year in the history of GIMPS without a Mersenne prime. Is the number of searchers, and the power of their hardware, increasing enough to keep up with the increased runtimes and (slightly) decreased chance of a given exponent being prime? Or can we expect only one prime every several years, as was the case before the start of the GIMPS effort? This might be a good discussion, since the list is fairly quiet now. Nathan _________________________________________________________________________ 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 #805 ******************************
