Where will "M42" be found?
 

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Where will the next known Mersenne prime be found (commonly called M42)?

I am :shock:'ed that nobody likes #2 or #3.
I think that #1 is just :banana:'s.

I like #5 :showoff: .

[QUOTE=Uncwilly]I think that #1 is just :banana:'s.[/QUOTE]
No it's not - I'm checking in that range at the moment.
:whistle:

I am DC'ing there to, but I doubt that there will be a new prime there.
I think it is only offically about a 5% error rate in L-L's being returned and I think that the chance of an over looked prime being one of those is real low.

I'll stipulate that I think there is a prime between the current 24M and the first possible 10,000,000 digit number. But because so many people are now searching in the 33m range and above, its highly likely the next prime found will be the money winner.

Fusion

So you vote for #5. That is why the question is phrased as such.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly]Where will the next known Mersenne prime be found (commonly called M42)?[/QUOTE]

Uncwilly,
If it was a "known Mersenne prime" we wouldn't have to find it, would we? :razz:

Now, "next" by terms of size, or date of discovery?

I think he means date of discovery, since we don't even know for sure what M39 is by size.

"next known" as in "next to be come known" to be prime.

Can you add an option for "running northeast from Bromsgrove in Worcestershire to just southwest of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, passing Redditch, Solihull, the National Exhibition Centre and Tamworth on the way"?

Sorry all you foreigners, it's another Brit joke!

Would you believe it, the British think their motorways are sufficiently interesting to publish photos of the M42 online.

See [url]http://www.freefoto.com/browse.jsp?id=2032-18-0[/url]

And I thought trainspotters were boring!

I notice that the status page still shows a little over 1 undiscovered prime expected in the untested numbers below ten million digits.