thanks for tip! you can read more about it at http://www.mersenne.org/ i check mersenne.org occasionally, but apparently, not often enough. bob baillie --- Simon Plouffe wrote:

Hello,

they have found a 48'th Mersenne prime

_http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/math/digit/m57885161/prime-c.html_

2^57885161 - 1

which has 17 000 000 digits,

I think it was confirmed today.

Best regards, Simon Plouffe

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