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Where is the next mersenne prime hiding?

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  1. Drittes Physikalisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, F.R. Germany

    Manfred R. Schroeder

  2. Bell Laboratories, 07974, Murray Hill, New Jersey

    Manfred R. Schroeder

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From the author’s forthcoming bookNumber Theory in Science and Communication. See alsoThe Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol. 4, No. 3, 158–161 (1982).

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Schroeder, M.R. Where is the next mersenne prime hiding?. The Mathematical Intelligencer 5, 31–33 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03026569

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