Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!menlo70!nsc!chongo From: chongo@nsc.UUCP (Landon Noll) Newsgroups: net.crypt,net.math Subject: Re: Arnold Arnold Message-ID: <586@nsc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 23:21:21 EST Article-I.D.: nsc.586 Posted: Tue Jan 31 23:21:21 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Feb-84 11:28:18 EST References: <2232@allegra.UUCP> Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale Lines: 9 Mr. Arnold claims to be able to factor or prove the primality of any number regardless of the size of the number.... if Mr. Arnold can do such a thing, why not have him select a Mersenne prime on the order of 2^400000-1. such a number could be verified in a few days with the help of a Cyber 205 and FFT's. put his money on the number i say... chongo/\../\