Re: Mersenne: Factor of 2^(2^31-1)-1 found ($)

1999-09-20 Thread Lucas Wiman
All (and especially Chris), Yesterday (and the day before), I went to the Illinois number theory conference. There (2nd talk of yesterday) J. P. Selfridge announced that he would give away $1000 US for any factor found of a number which ought to be prime (he provided a list). On that

Mersenne: Factor of 2^(2^31-1)-1 found ($)

1999-09-19 Thread Lucas Wiman
All (and especially Chris), Yesterday (and the day before), I went to the Illinois number theory conference. There (2nd talk of yesterday) J. P. Selfridge announced that he would give away $1000 US for any factor found of a number which ought to be prime (he provided a list). On that list was

Re: Mersenne: Factor of 2^(2^31-1)-1 found ($)

1999-09-19 Thread Chris Caldwell
On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Lucas Wiman wrote: All (and especially Chris), Yesterday (and the day before), I went to the Illinois number theory conference. There (2nd talk of yesterday) J. P. Selfridge announced that he would give away $1000 US for any factor found of a number which ought to be