Mersenne: 40th Mersenne Prime verified and word is getting out
Hi all, Michael Shafer discovered the 40th known Mersenne prime, 2^20996011-1. Congratulations Michael. This prime is over 6.3 million digits, beating the previous world record prime by over 2 million digits. Scott has handed out the press release and already the first online article of the discovery has appeared: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns4438 You can also read Scott's press release http://www.mersenne.org/20996011.htm I'll try to add more links to the http://mersenne.org web page as they become available. Well done everyone, George _ Unsubscribe list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
Re: Mersenne: 40th Mersenne Prime verified and word is getting out
I'll try to add more links to the http://mersenne.org web page as they become available. I visit news.google.com fairly often. On their main page just now, they had several articles on this. I'm sure a search would reveal more as they come out. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-5112827.html http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12985 (Claims GIMPS is a peer to peer system. Does that mean ya'll can send me music?) http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20031202-013854-9481r.htm http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns4438 - Stephen Whitis --- www.whitis.com _ Unsubscribe list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
