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From: Gerry Myerson on 1 Feb 2010 16:49
In article <hk65bh$pq0$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>,
Rog�rio Brito <rbrito(a)ime.usp.br> wrote:

> Dear People,
>
> On 01/31/2010 10:27 PM, Ken Pledger wrote:
> > SPECIAL REQUEST. Rog�rio Brito <rbrito(a)ime.usp.br> is revising the
> > above older FAQ. He is keen to receive comments on his draft
> > at <http://rb.doesntexist.org/docs/math-faq-2009-10-29.tar.xz>
> > or <http://rb.doesntexist.org/docs/math-faq.pdf>. New and old users
> > are very welcome to tell him of any difficulties with it.
>
> As noted above, I am updating the list of frequently asked questions
> and, today, I released an update at
>
> <http://rb.doesntexist.org/docs/math-faq.pdf>.
>
> I would appreciate if, in this particular stage:
>
> * You could send suggestions with improvements to the document (Are
> there any sections that you would like to see? Are there any
> errors?).

The "largest known prime" is way out of date.

--
Gerry Myerson (gerry(a)maths.mq.edi.ai) (i -> u for email)
From: Mensanator on 1 Feb 2010 17:36
On Feb 1, 3:49 pm, Gerry Myerson <ge...(a)maths.mq.edi.ai.i2u4email>
wrote:
> In article <hk65bh$pq...(a)speranza.aioe.org>,
>  Rogério Brito <rbr...(a)ime.usp.br> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Dear People,
>
> > On 01/31/2010 10:27 PM, Ken Pledger wrote:
> > > SPECIAL REQUEST.  Rogério Brito <rbr...(a)ime.usp.br> is revising the
> > > above older FAQ.  He is keen to receive comments on his draft
> > > at  <http://rb.doesntexist.org/docs/math-faq-2009-10-29.tar.xz>
> > > or  <http://rb.doesntexist.org/docs/math-faq.pdf>.  New and old users
> > > are very welcome to tell him of any difficulties with it.
>
> > As noted above, I am updating the list of frequently asked questions
> > and, today, I released an update at
>
> >    <http://rb.doesntexist.org/docs/math-faq.pdf>.
>
> > I would appreciate if, in this particular stage:
>
> > * You could send suggestions with improvements to the document (Are
> > there any sections that you would like to see? Are there any
> > errors?).
>
> The "largest known prime" is way out of date.

So is the note on the Collatz Conjecture:

"The conjecture has been verified for all numbers up to 5.6 x 10^13."

It appears the information isn't any newer than the copyright dates
of the references (nearly 20 years old in the case of Collatz).

>
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