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On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Terry Lambert wrote:

> > Nice? Well, there are *lots* of prime numbers one off from 2^n:
> > 
> > 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 17, 31, 61, 127, 257, 8191, 65537, 131072, 524287, etc. 
> 
> Heh.  I'm wondering how you get an integer out of log2(n) for:
> 
> 	60/62 and 131071/131073
> 
> I also kind of wonder why the prime number 131072 has been so long
> undiscovered...

Well, as 131072 is obviously not one of from 2^n so it obviously must have
been a typo and the prime number indeed is 131071. :-) (Damn all the
typos.)

I hope I didn't introduce any new errors just now - shouldn't be answering
mails on the moment, there is Volber (Volgberg nacht (?) in German) out
there.

	Sander

> 
> 
> 					Terry Lambert
> 					terry@lambert.org
> ---
> Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
> or previous employers.
>