I don't believe Mr Louis stipulated A,B,C,D,E were whole numbers. Though what all that has to do with large primes is beyond my puny brain Jason
The message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> from "Cazor Denis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> contains these words: > Hello, > as you can see > A + B + C + D + E < 5 A > so B.C.D.E < 5 > with E >=1, D >= 2, C >= 3, and B>=4, it is possible > to conclude > 24 <= B.C.D.E < 5 > and there are no solution to this problem (if > I have undersood it correctly) > Best regards, Denis > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John R Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:39 PM > Subject: [Prime] [Fwd: Re: Finding large prime numbers] > > George sent me two replies, as follows... > > > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > > I'm conversant with the fact that one needs to find and PROVE that a > > number of 10,000,000 digits or more is prime and the way my sequence > > generate primes probably makes it much easier to prove that the > > numbers it generates are primes. > > > > Best regards, > > > > George > > > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > > If you can solve A + B + C + D + E = A x B x C x D x E where A > B > > > C > D > E > 0, then you'll be part way into how I generate large > > prime numbers. I apologize for the x notation for multiplication but > > I don't know how to access all the special symbols on my computer > > keyboard. And I've read the contest rules. > > > > Best regards, > > > > George S. Louis, CEO > > Digital Systems & Solutions > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Prime mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime > > > _______________________________________________ > Prime mailing list > [email protected] > http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
