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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:16 pm Post subject: PrimeGrid: News 54 digit factor to F14!!! |
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<a href="http://www.mersenne.org" rel="nofollow">GIMPS</a> has found another Fermat factor, a 54 digit factor to F14!!! What makes this unique and exciting is that it is the first factor for F14. It was found by <b>Tapio Rajala</b> of Finland. For more information on this discovery, see this <a href="http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=13051" rel="nofollow">mersenne forum thread</a>. For more information about the factoring status of Fermat numbers, please see Wilfrid Keller's <a href="http://www.prothsearch.net/fermat.html" rel="nofollow">Prime factors of Fermat numbers</a> site.
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Source: PrimeGrid: News
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