jml@cs.strath.ac.uk (Joseph McLean) (11/18/86)
> Could someone send me the most up to date information about known >Mersenne primes? I am interested in knowing what "gaps", if any, remain >unchecked, and what is at present the largest known prime. (I know a >mathematician who is ready to began Mersenne-finding, but needs to know >*where*). > >ucbvax!brahms!gsmith Gene Ward Smith/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720 >ucbvax!weyl!gsmith Institute of Pi Research > > I recently asked the same question and the only reply that I received was that there was a rumour that 2^216091-1 was a Mersenne prime.I would also like to know what ranges have been already covered in the search. jml,the prime mathematician.