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From: luner@uwai.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Prime Numbers Again
Message-ID: <242@uwai.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 21-Sep-85 13:42:06 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 21 13:42:06 1985
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Reminded by T. C. Wheeler:

> A new super prime number for you to ponder is:
> 
>    2 to the 261,091 power -1

I saw the small blurb on this in the Milwaukee Journal a couple days ago. After
letting us on to this new secret, they added:

"...prime numbers have no practical use."

Sigh.

	/DLL


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