chongo@nsc.uucp (Curt Noll) (09/29/83)
Via private communication, i have learned that Slowinski has shown that M132049 is prime. in other words: 132049 2 -1 is prime this number, if it confirmed, will be the largest known prime. << FLAME ON >> as it normal with Slowinski, he is going to press (LA Times 23-Sep-83) before confirmation of results. he seems much more interested in public status than in mathematical publishing. << FLAME OFF >> chongo /\../\ (discovered M21701 and M23209)