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)