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From: chongo@nsc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.math
Subject: The 29th Mersenne prime
Message-ID: <415@nsc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 29-Sep-83 01:54:52 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 29 01:54:52 1983
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Via private communication, i have learned that Slowinski has 
shown that M132049 is prime.  in other words:


                                 132049
                                2        -1  is prime

this number, if it confirmed, will be the largest known prime.

<< FLAME ON >>
as it normal with Slowinski, he is going to press (LA Times 23-Sep-83)
before confirmation of results.  he seems much more interested in
public status than in mathematical publishing.
<< FLAME OFF >>

chongo /\../\  (discovered M21701 and M23209)