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45th and 46th Mersenne Primes Confirmed

Posted by kdawson on from the interest-rate dept.

kahunak writes to alert us that GIMPS has announced that the 45th and 46th Mersenne primes have been confirmed. The EFF's $100,000 award, for the first prime over 10 million digits in length, will probably be claimed. (We discussed no. 45 when it was announced.)

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  1. Re:So by Naughty+Bob · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The $100k award is not enough to cover the cost of sending the number through sms...

    Even if sent in the form: (2^n)-1?

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