[HM] New Mersenne Prime!

Antreas P. Hatzipolakis (xpolakis@otenet.gr)
Thu, 1 Jul 1999 21:53:08 +0300 (EET DST)

The last entry in the Chris Caldwell's Table of Known Mersenne Primes at:
http://www.utm.edu/research/primes/mersenne.shtml

reads:

## p dig. in M_p dig. in P_p year discoverer
?? 6xxxxxx ~2000000 ~4000000 1999 Woltman, Kurowski et. al.
(GIMPS, PrimeNet)

Richard Schroeppel informed us (in the math-fun list; see below)
that p = 6972593

Antreas

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Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 11:08:40 -0700 (MST)
From: Richard Schroeppel <rcs@cheltenham.CS.Arizona.EDU>
To: math-fun@cheltenham.CS.Arizona.EDU
Subject: 2^6972593-1

2^6972593-1 seems to be the new Mersenne prime, although
I haven't seen the "official" word. There are lots of
smaller not-yet-checked exponents.

Rich rcs@cs.arizona.edu

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