Another Mersenne Prime?

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Post #266,674 by ChrisR 9/4/06 10:21:16 PM Reply	Another Mersenne Prime? [link\|http://mathworld.wolfram.com/news/2006-09-04/mersenne-44/\|44th Mersenne Prime (Probably) Discovered]. Mersenne primes are of the form M=2n-1, but given the size of these numbers I'm not sure that really provides much of a shortcut to locating the largest primes.
Post #266,675 by Another Scott 9/4/06 10:35:19 PM Reply	Neat. Thanks.
Post #266,797 by Ashton 9/6/06 4:01:28 AM Reply	Seems loads of fun, even though computers are involved The NY Times crossword for the numeral obsessed? I have this idea for the finding of the first Mersenne Triple Number, awaiting only the finding of the next ~11 singletons; alas, my margins Are large enough to contain the calculations.. but isn't the most fun when - you Find Out but don't tell anyone? Then, years later - - someone can say, "I knew him, Horatio. A fellow of infinite jest. But humble to a fault. :-/"

Another Mersenne Prime? - (ChrisR) - (2) - Sept. 4, 2006, 10:21:16 PM EDT

Neat. Thanks. -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 4, 2006, 10:35:19 PM EDT

Seems loads of fun, even though computers are involved - (Ashton) - Sept. 6, 2006, 04:01:28 AM EDT

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