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wirthi
06-04-2003, 01:05 PM
I just read it on the mersenne.org homepage:

40th Mersenne prime found?! Check back for more details. The find is being double-checked now. This verification will finish around June 21st.
PY 222
06-04-2003, 04:02 PM
This probably should be frontpage material.

Congrats to the person who found the prime! :thumbs:
Beyond
06-04-2003, 05:30 PM
Not "offically" prime until the double check is complete, but still when all is said and done a great day for the lucky "finder" and GIMPS.
Condor
06-20-2003, 09:41 AM
Taken from GIMPS BBS.

It is official - not prime. Both Guillermo's Mlucas run and my prime95 run
return a matching non-zero residue.

We will never know what caused prime95 to generate a false positive,
I am studying the code for ways in which a memory corruption could cause this.
Something good will come from this sorry ending.

http://www.mersenneforum.org/viewtopic.php?t=693