On 20 Dec 2001, at 9:57, Henk Stokhorst wrote: > L.S., > > Another milestone has been acomplished. M4 has been completely factored, > two factors were found, 2^4 -1 = 15 = 3 * 5. > > more details at http://slashdot.org/ see: IBM builds a limited quatum > computer.
Wow! Are we _really_ sure they didn't find 2^4-1 = 3_+_5? You never know with this scary quantum stuff! I expect the IBM team will find the next 100 Mersenne primes sometime before the end of this year. Oh well, I suppose there's always seti@home ;-) Seasonal felicitations Brian Beesley _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
