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From: gsmith@brahms (Gene Ward Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.math
Subject: Mersenne Prime Request
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Date: Sun, 16-Nov-86 05:02:27 EST
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   Could someone send me the most up to date information about known
Mersenne primes? I am interested in knowing what "gaps", if any, remain
unchecked, and what is at present the largest known prime. (I know a
mathematician who is ready to began Mersenne-finding, but needs to know
*where*).

ucbvax!brahms!gsmith    Gene Ward Smith/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
ucbvax!weyl!gsmith                  Institute of Pi Research