24 Jan
2005
24 Jan
'05
1:30 a.m.
http://www.mersenne.org/ecmm.htm sheds some light. I sent my table of 'Mersenne Numbers: Consolidated Results' for M(p) with p < 130,000 or so to the Maths Comp. UMT via the late Dan Shanks. This has first factors, 2kp+1, indicating 'k' only. Guy