Mersenne: factoring the higher exponents

2000-12-15 Thread Henk Stokhorst
L.S., I spend the past months factoring the range 16.000.000 up to 17.000.000 form 2^52 up to 2^58. I reported the results once a week, which are included in the database. This week someone else started to work on this as well although up to 2^56. This work is therefor done twice. What is being

Mersenne Digest V1 #800

2000-12-15 Thread Mersenne Digest
Mersenne Digest Friday, December 15 2000 Volume 01 : Number 800 -- Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 01:32:27 -0600 From: "Richard B. Woods" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mersenne: Caution about P4 future I urge those of you

Mersenne: RE: Mersenne Digest V1 #800

2000-12-15 Thread Richard J. Otter
I haven't seen any news posted on the mersenne.org home page lately. I'm wondering about the status of the project. Are we running out of steam? I I alone in feeling a bit discouraged about finding another mersenne prime soon? Richard Otter