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2008-09-07, 15:50
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False Prime
Has GIMPS ever had a "false prime", one that they thought was prime but proven composite
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2008-09-07, 16:07
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Austria
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Yes, once a computer claimed to have found M40, was proven composite during verification. See thread "M40,what went wrong?"
--nugget |
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2008-09-07, 16:29
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Just call me Henry
"David"
Sep 2007
Cambridge (GMT/BST)
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