Don't confuse Mersenne Numbers with Mersenne Primes. M4 IS a Mersenne Number, but because its exponent is not prime, it can not be prime.
-----Original Message----- From: Aaron Blosser Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 6:02 PM To: 'Mersenne discussion list' Subject: RE: Mersenne: M4 completely factored! I do note that 4 is not prime, thus this is not a factoring of M4, but rather just a more "mundane" factoring success. :) _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
