Re: Mersenne: Fwd: Predicting Mersenne Primes

2002-03-26 Thread teun Tilburg University
Hello Brian, In the statistical sense, yes, it is possible to predict. That is rather similar to the statistician's argument during the briefing for the first 1000 bomber raid over Cologne in May 1942 that predicted only two aircraft would collide, despite the incredible density of aircraft

Re: Mersenne: Fwd: Predicting Mersenne Primes

2002-03-24 Thread Eric Hahn
H I'm not going to say a SINGLE WORD!!! Especially considering it appeared NOBODY had ever noticed that post... As Enron executives have been saying... I would like to reserve my right to remain silent under the 5th amendment... Eric == ORIGINAL MESSSAGE ==

Mersenne: Fwd: Predicting Mersenne Primes

2002-03-22 Thread George Woltman
I'll forward your attempted post. I don't remember Eric's prediction, but if true it is quite insightful (or lucky). From: Dale Horn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Predicting Mersenne Primes I tried to post this on the Mersenne mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED], but it never showed up. I was