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8714121 No.8714121 [Reply] [Original]

Why arn't you devoting your brain power to the great prime search?

Brainlets are trying to brute force it for $150,000

>> No.8714146
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8714146

>>8714121
2^3 - 1 =7
7 is prime
P=3

That was easy. Got any more for me?

>> No.8714151

>>8714146
Submit it to the EFF to claim your reward

>> No.8714227

I have a formula for generating any prime.
How do I claim the prize?

>> No.8714232

>>8714227
100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000th prime pls

>> No.8715018

>>8714227
No

>> No.8715020

>>8714227
>>8714227
Post formulA here

>> No.8715054

>>8714121
Eh, I'd rather look for perfect numbers than mersenne primes.

>> No.8715065

>>8715020
x=x

*where x is a whole number greater than 1, whose only two whole-number factors are 1 and itself.

>> No.8715081

[math] \sum_{k\ =\ {1}}^{\infty} {2}^{k}-{1} =\ ? [/math]

>> No.8715723

>>8715081
partial sum is:

2^(n+1) - n