18 Nov
2003
18 Nov
'03
11:44 a.m.
The 40th Mersenne prime has been found: http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm This follows closely on the heels of the largest Generalized Fermat Prime being found: http://www.prothsearch.net/fermat.html Eric has posted a column on the new magic cube: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/news/2003-11-18/magiccube/ I have posted a column about the Stomachion of Archimedes being solved completely by Bill Cutler: http://maa.org/editorial/mathgames/mathgames_11_17_03.html --Ed Pegg Jr, www.mathpuzzle.com