Perlentaucher.de: [url=http://www.perlentaucher.de/feuilletons/2003-12-09.html]Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 09.12.2003[/url]

Mathematical Association of America: [url=http://www.maa.org/editorial/mathgames/mathgames_12_08_03.html]Ed Pegg's Math Games, December 8, 2003 Sequence Pictures[/url]

Grid Computing Planet: [url=http://www.gridcomputingplanet.com/news/article.php/3287041]New Mersenne Prime Found[/url] (a bit down on the page)

The Telegraph Online: [url=http://nsnlb.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031210/COLUMNISTS03/212100311]Hey kid, what’s your favorite multiple of 2 (minus 1)?[/url]

FOX News:

[url]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,105383,00.html[/url]

The Billings Gazette [url=http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2003/12/10/build/nation/95-big-prime.inc]Grad student in Michigan discovers largest known prime number[/url]

More AP based stories. There are a lot of them :grin:
[list][*]Sun-Sentinel Co. & South Florida Interactive: [url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/custom/fringe/sfl-1210primenumber,0,4868469.story?coll=sfla-news-fringe]Michigan student discovers largest -- 6,320,430-digit-long -- prime number[/url][*]SunSpot.net - news: [url=http://www.sunspot.net/news/sns-othernews-number,0,6725057.story?coll=bal-features-specials]Student finds largest prime number[/url][*]The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel: [url=http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/7460161.htm]Student Finds Largest Known Prime Number[/url][*]Rapid City Journal: [url=http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/12/10/ap/HiTech/d7vbng380.txt]Student Finds Largest Known Prime Number[/url][*]local6.com - News: [url=http://www.local6.com/news/2696519/detail.html]Student Discovers Largest Known Prime Number[/url][*]KOTV - The News On Six: [url=http://www.kotv.com/pages/viewpage.asp?id=55015]Grad student in Michigan discovers largest known prime number[/url][*]Los Angeles Times (subscription): [url=http://www.latimes.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-biggest-prime-number,1,1734288.story?coll=sns-ap-science-headlines]Mich. Grad Student Finds Big Prime Number[/url][*]Star-Telegram*com: [url=http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/nation/7460161.htm]Student Finds Largest Known Prime Number[/url][*]The Globe and Mail: [url=http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031210.wedit1210/BNStory/Front/]Now that's prime![/url][*]TimesDaily.com: [url=http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031210/APA/312100918]Mich. Grad Student Finds Big Prime Number[/url][*]Kansas.com: [url=http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/7460161.htm]Student Finds Largest Known Prime Number[/url][*]Newsday.com: [url=http://www.newsday.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-biggest-prime-number,0,4469555.story?coll=sns-ap-science-headlines]Student Finds Largest Known Prime Number[/url][*]StarNewsOnline.com: [url=http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031210/APA/312100918&cachetime=5]Mich. Grad Student Finds Big Prime Number[/url][*]Duluthsuperior.com: [url=http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/7460161.htm]Student Finds Largest Known Prime Number[/url][*]Seattle Post-Intelligencer: [url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Biggest%20Prime%20Number]Student finds largest known prime number[/url][*]ABCNEWS.com: [url=http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20031210_1514.html]Mich. Grad Student Finds Big Prime Number[/url][*]WHAS 11.com (subscription): [url=http://www.whas11.com/topstories/WHAS11_TOP_BiggestPrimeNumber.8bdb016c.html]Grad student in Michigan discovers largest known prime number[/url][*]The Times Leader: [url=http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/7460161.htm]Student Finds Largest Known Prime Number[/url][*]Fortwayne.com: [url=http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/7460161.htm]Student Finds Largest Known Prime Number[/url][*]The Centre Daily Times: [url=http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/7460161.htm]Student Finds Largest Known Prime Number[/url][*]Tuscaloosa News, AL: [url=http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031210/APA/312100918]Student Finds Largest Known Prime Number[/url][*]Akron Beacon Journal, OH: [url=http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/7460161.htm]Student Finds Largest Known Prime Number[/url][*]Wichita Eagle, KS: [url=http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/7460161.htm]Student Finds Largest Known Prime Number[/url][*]Aberdeen American News, SD: [url=http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/7460161.htm]Student Finds Largest Known Prime Number[/url][*]Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA: [url=http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/7460161.htm]Mich. Grad Student Finds Big Prime Number[/url][*]Times Picayune, LA: [url=http://www.nola.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/base/national-0/107108514262421.xml]Mich. grad student finds big prime number[/url][*]Yahoo News: [url=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=753&e=10&u=/ap/20031210/ap_on_sc/biggest_prime_number]Mich. Grad Student Finds Big Prime Number[/url][*]Macon Telegraph, GA: [url=http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/7460161.htm]Mich. Grad Student Finds Big Prime Number[/url][*]Grand Forks Herald, ND: [url=http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/7460161.htm]Mich. Grad Student Finds Big Prime Number[/url][*]Belleville News-Democrat, IL: [url=http://www.belleville.com/mld/newsdemocrat/7460161.htm]Mich. Grad Student Finds Big Prime Number[/url][*]Biloxi Sun Herald, MS: [url=http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/7460161.htm]Mich. Grad Student Finds Big Prime Number[/url][*]Bradenton Herald, FL: [url=http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/7460161.htm]Mich. Grad Student Finds Big Prime Number[/url][*]Toronto Sun, Canada: [url=http://www.canoe.com/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2003/12/10/283170-ap.html]Grad student in Michigan, 26, discovers largest known prime ...[/url][*]Calgary Sun, Canada: [url=http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2003/12/10/283170-ap.html]Grad student in Michigan, 26, discovers largest known prime ...[/url][*]Boston.com, MA: [url=http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2003/12/10/student_finds_largest_known_prime_number/]Student finds largest known prime number[/url][*]Rapid City Journal, SD: [url=http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/12/10/ap/HiTech/d7vboeuo1.txt]Student Finds Largest Known Prime Number[/url][*]Salon (subscription): [url=http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/12/10/prime/]Student finds largest known prime number[/url][*]KPLC-TV, LA: [url=http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1559098]Michigan grad student discovers largest known prime number[/url][*]WSTM-TV, NY: [url=http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=1559098]Michigan grad student discovers largest known prime number[/url][*]WLOX, MS: [url=http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=1559098]Michigan grad student discovers largest known prime number[/url][/list]

Six days ago now, I've brought the news to the attention of a Flemish newspaper (het Belang van Limburg) that always carries interesting science news in [url=http://www.hbvl.be/nieuws/wetenschap/]this section[/url], but they haven't used it. Come to think of it, they rarely ever have any math stories. Too bad, really. Oh, well... :rolleyes:


Beeld (South Africa): [URL=http://www.news24.com/Beeld/Wereld/0,4127,3-71_1456698,00.html]VSA student ontdek wêreld se grootste bekende priemgetal[/URL] (US student discovers world's largest known prime)

Wiskunde PersDienst (Math Press Service): [URL=http://www.wiskgenoot.nl/wpd/readNB.php?NBid=118]40ste Mersenne-priemgetal gevonden[/URL] (40th Mersenne prime found); also [URL=http://www.pythagoras.nu/mmmcms/public/nieuws4933.html]here[/URL].

The belated AP story seems to be causing a second spike in the number of accounts:

[url]http://opteron.mersenneforum.org/png/accounts_from_200310.png[/url]

AT 2:31EST 12/11 ON THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL THE NEWS WOMAN ANNOUNCED THAT A NEW PRIME NUMBER, THE LARGEST EVER WAS FOUND ALONG WITH THE DETAILS. THE NEWS SPOT WAS ABOUT 20 SECONDS LONG. USUALLY THEY REPEAT THOSE TYPE OF NEWS STORIES. I WILL LEAVE THE CHANNEL ON TO SEE IF THEY CONTINUE TO ANNOUNCE IT. IT CAME ON AT THE HALF WAY POINT ON THE HANNITY AND COLMES SHOW. BOYS IT LOOKS LIKE WE MADE THE BIG TIME.... :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Google News search for : [url=http://news.google.com/news?q=mersenne&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&scoring=d]Mersenne[/url] sorted by date.

AlltheWeb News search for : [url=http://www.alltheweb.com/search?_sb_lang=any&cs=utf-8&cat=news&q=mersenne&avkw=fogg&sort=date]Mersenne[/url] sorted by date.

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