We all know that A. Hurwitz discovered the Mersenne primes 2^4253 - 1 and 2^4423 - 1 in 1961.
(i) Were these the first two 1000+ digit primes discovered? (ii) If that is true, then is it generally accepted that the larger one (4423) was discovered first? (The story I heard was that left the computer running overnight and when he came to look at the results he read the printer output backwards, thus seeing 4423 before 4253.) -- Tony _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
