[QUOTE=davieddy;141986]He updated mersenne.org before breakfasttime in Florida.[/QUOTE]

Indeed, I saw. There goes the last hope of finding out this week... For those too lazy to go to [url]www.mersenne.org:[/url]

[QUOTE=www.mersenne.org]We are working on finding a suitable press outlet. Details will be announced early next week.[/QUOTE]

Oh well...

[quote=davieddy;141986]He updated mersenne.org before breakfasttime in Florida.[/quote]

"The primes were independently verified in 13 days and 5 days respectively"

says almost everything about their (relative) sizes.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;141882]Have you tried it with the candidates for M[sub]Sept[/sub]?[/QUOTE]
No, the set of candidates of [TEX]M_{Sept}[/TEX] was not clear to me: reported in one hour, fake residue in next hour. So I never did any P-1 on those. I am however running a double-check on one exponent, but probably the wrong one.

[quote=coyote;142012]"The primes were independently verified in 13 days and 5 days respectively"

says almost everything about their (relative) sizes.[/quote]
So what are your guesstimates?

[QUOTE=rgiltrap;141928]Actually... I'm just happy the verification runs have finished and I can finally get some sleep. Verifying primes is just like having a new born baby in the house. You keep wanting to wake up and check that it's still alright. I'm hitting the sack for some serious :sleep: :sleep: :sleep:[/QUOTE]Yes ! You're right ! Now you are addicted to verifying big primes ! :razz:
I've got 4 Mersenne babies after my daughter (24) and son (19). That's your turn, it seems...
Think about George: 12 Mersenne babies !! :w00t:
Take care.
Tony

[quote=davieddy;142026]So what are your guesstimates?[/quote]

[B][SIZE=3]M[/SIZE][/B][SIZE=1]aug[/SIZE] in post #185 of the other thread & [B][SIZE=3]M[/SIZE][/B][SIZE=1]sept [/SIZE][SIZE=2]< [/SIZE][SIZE=3][B]M[/B][/SIZE][SIZE=1]aug [/SIZE][SIZE=2]in post #45 in this one[/SIZE]

[quote=coyote;142039][B][SIZE=3]M[/SIZE][/B][SIZE=1]aug[/SIZE] in post #185 of the other thread & [B][SIZE=3]M[/SIZE][/B][SIZE=1]sept [/SIZE][SIZE=2]< [/SIZE][SIZE=3][B]M[/B][/SIZE][SIZE=1]aug [/SIZE][SIZE=2]in post #45 in this one[/SIZE][/quote]
My question was not composed by Wittgenstein.
(pace Fawlty Towers).

My guess is 42M and 38M

M36 was found on August 24, 1997
M44 was found on September 4, 2006

MAug was found on August 23, 2008
(date(M36) + 11 years - 1 day)
MSept was found on September 6, 2008
(date(M44) + 2 years + 2 days)


Just doing some numerology on gimp's mersenne primes birthdays :wink:
:beer:

Spare us

M41 was discovered on my 41st birthday - so i guess that makes my cat Brutus the 41st reincarnation of Buddha, or something.

NMPLB!!
 

I have a dream. I foresee that M46's example will lead to the new movement called NMPLB (decipher it yourself). After all, with the prize money gone, the smallish exponents would look sweet again and the neglected sub-10,000,000-digit region could enjoy a new wave of attention.