On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Robin Millette wrote: > Kevin Sexton wrote: > > so the press release happened? > > > > http://mathworld.wolfram.com/news/2005-02-26/mersenne/ > > I can only guess Eric found the prime8.txt file on the gimps site and > went from there.
Why guess (incorrectly) when the source is clearly identified in the article. Tony posted the exponent to the public NMBRTHRY listserv this morning. > Worst part is this: > "For those curious to see the new prime in its full 7,816,230 digits of > glory, the results of the short Mathematica calculation required to > generate its decimal digits are available by downloading the notebook > mersenne42.nb. If you do not own Mathematica, you can download a free > trial version to view this file." I must be missing something. You are perhaps using some nonstandard meaning of the word "worst"? If not, could you clarify why you feel the word "worst" is applicable? Best wish and congratulations to all, -Eric _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
