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Fermat Numbers and Mersenne Numbers.


AD617628

Publication Date 1963
Personal Author Selfridge, J. L.; Hurwitz, A.
Page Count 2
Abstract An IBM 7090 computer program, and results of testing Mersenne numbers M(p) = 2(p) - 1 with p prime, p < 5,000, have been described by Hurwitz. This paper describes modifications made to his program, and further computational results. The main results are that the Fermat number F14 is composite and that 2(p) - 1 is composite if 5000 < p < 6000.
Keywords
  • Number theory
  • Programming(Computers)
  • Prime numbers
  • Tests
  • Reprints
  • Fermat numbers
  • Mersenne numbers
Corporate Authors Ucla Computing Facility Univ of California Los Angeles
Supplemental Notes Research supported by Office of Naval Research, Washington, D. C. Pub. in Mathematics of Computation v18 n85 p146-8 Jan 1964 (Copies not available to DDC or Clearinghouse customers).
Document Type Journal Article
NTIS Issue Number 196516
Fermat Numbers and Mersenne Numbers.
Fermat Numbers and Mersenne Numbers.
AD617628

  • Number theory
  • Programming(Computers)
  • Prime numbers
  • Tests
  • Reprints
  • Fermat numbers
  • Mersenne numbers
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