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Mersenne wrongly thought 2^67-1 was prime. 46 is the smallest base b for which (b^67-1)/(b-1) is actually prime.

 

  Submitted: 2008-10-03 06:49:39;   Last Modified: 2008-10-05 16:41:16.



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