Re: Mersenne: Maybe the #######th Mersenne prime???!!!

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Must be a simple matter by slightly modified mathematical induction, eh?   Chuss, Stefanovic ----- Original Message ----- From: Elias Daher To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 6:20 AM Subject: Mersenne: Maybe the #######th Mersenne prime???!!! Hey everybody, Look at that:                             (2^2-1) is prime! (=3)                                                         (2^[2^2-1]-1) is prime! (=7)                                                         (2^[2^(2^2-1)-1]-1) is prime! (=127)                                                         (2^[2^(2^[2^2-1]-1)-1]-1) is prime! (=170141183460469231731687303715884105727)                             So why wouldn't:    (2^[2^(2^[2^(2^2-1)-1]-1)-1]-1) be prime?! (=2^170141183460469231731687303715884105727-1)   Well, I wish I will live enough (maybe thousands of years!!!) to see this number tested!                         Elias Daher