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jocelynl · 2004-11-04, 18:20

Many Mersenne numbers have a factor that is M-smooth
since M is the largest factor of p-1

ex: 2^29-1 has factor 233 = 2.2.2.29+1

Joss

2004-11-04, 18:20	#6
jocelynl Sep 2002 2·131 Posts	Many Mersenne numbers have a factor that is M-smooth since M is the largest factor of p-1 ex: 2^29-1 has factor 233 = 2.2.2.29+1 Joss Last fiddled with by jocelynl on 2004-11-04 at 18:24