Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site gatech.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!gatech!spaf From: spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford) Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Merten's Conjecture Message-ID: <4039@gatech.UUCP> Date: Sat, 18-Feb-84 11:17:31 EST Article-I.D.: gatech.4039 Posted: Sat Feb 18 11:17:31 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Feb-84 08:06:13 EST Organization: The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech Lines: 15 There was an article in the paper the other day about how some computer scientists had used a computer program to disprove Merten's Conjecture. They had found that the first 10 billion numbers met the conjecture, but there was an instance beyond this that disproved the conjecture. It also stated that Merten's Conjecture had stood for 99 years. My question: what is Merten's Conjecture? Anybody know anything about this? Thanks. -- Off the Wall of Gene Spafford The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 CSNet: Spaf @ GATech ARPA: Spaf.GATech @ CSNet-Relay uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,rlgvax,sb1,unmvax,ulysses,ut-sally}!gatech!spaf