Subject: Date: 4 Dec 1997 08:33:14 -0000 From: yamasaki@kusm.kyoto-u.ac.jp To: kc2h-msm@asahi-net.or.jp Factors of N# + 1 N!, or N factorial, may be defined as the product of all integers between 1 and N inclusive. N#, or N primorial, is defined as the product of all primes up to and including N. Easy proofs of the infinity of primes arise from considering the possible factors of N# +/-1 and N! +/- 1. In the table below, Pxxx denotes a prime of xxx decimal digits and Cyyy a composite of yyy decimal digits. This table was begun by George Sassoon, geosas@aol.com, who discovered most of the factors below. Other folk who deserve credit are Vivian Stevens (viv@ictus.demon.co.uk), Sam Wagstaff (ssw@cs.purdue.edu) and Paul Leyland (pcl@oucs.ox.ac.uk). N Factors of N# + 1 2 3 3 7 5 31 7 211 11 2311 13 59.509 17 19.97.277 19 347.27953 23 317.703763 29 331.571.34231 31 200560490131 37 181.60611.676421 41 61.450451.11072701 43 167.78339888213593 47 953.46727.13808181181 53 73.139.173.18564761860301 59 277.3467.105229.19026377261 61 223.525956867082542470777 67 54730729297.143581524529603 71 1063.303049.598841.2892214489673 73 2521.16156160491570418147806951 79 22093.1503181961.96888414202798247 83 265739.1004988035964897329167431269 89 131.1039.2719.64225891884294373371806141 97 2336993.13848803.71237436024091007473549 101 960703.242387464553038099079594127301057 103 2297.9700398839.179365737007.6001315443334531 107 149.13203797.30501264491063137.42767843651083711 109 334507.1290433.648046444234299714623177554034701 113 5122427.2025436786007.3046707595069540247157055819 127 1543.49999.552001.57900988201093.1628080529999073967231 131 1951.22993.11723231859473014144932345466415143728266617 137 881.1657.32633677.160823938621.5330099340103.1764291759303233 139 678279959005528882498681487.14764768614544245139224580493 149 87549524399.65018161573521013453.262140076844134219184937113 151 23269086799180847.9683213481319911991636641541802024271084713 157 1381.1867.8311930927.38893867968570583.42440201875440880489113304753 163 1361.214114727210560829.32267019267402210517.613228865630544238382107 167 205590139.53252429177.7064576339566763.12450154709928940906197946067239 173 62614127.2660580156093611580352333193927566158528098772260689062181793 179 601.1651781.8564177.358995947.1525310189119. P34 181 107453.5634838141. P58 191 32999.175603474759.77148541513247. P46 193 21639496447.7979125905967339495018877. P43 197 521831.50257723.1601684368321.39081170243262541027. P35 199 467.10723.57622771.5876645549.9458145520867. P45 211 1051.2179.16333.43283699.75311908487.292812710684839. P41 223 13867889468159. P74 227 3187.31223.1737142793.11463039340315601.973104505470446969309113. P32 229 126173.495056820952423648923564303249326797. P51 233 5981.32933.35077871.226523119. P70 239 313.7174645079748110122986720794600650220537699. P51 241 3499.23154953.14209707448699806612680132420076872871953. P48 251 2963206058339377313. P83 257 34259.948293.3733159.335215943.62633748760943. P64 263 271.19891019.3957327431.25098482428840021840888422712477. P55 269 17291.805843.531489841545151. P84 271 15559.3423571.7683041.57470069653. P83 277 243233. C108 281 62131.154236286097.2254306890769.1983989029829662277517988545921869. P54 283 307.2111.4931.9484896326989. P96 293 397773559.287683675991534887.10070764744578881500043.212536532647480887561479147. P46 307 45029582471.82268833403. P102 311 60722339.57620579376482127166154112047. P89 313 3761.582307223.4286054032039546304836890894583.68396136787144717561091841779546774293. P47 317 131409329.3297118571963.27893824618337613620879631211.5915036078238665768300503768754291. P48 331 8089.514757.369688343.1553606101.232407306191143. P92 337 38453. C131 347 1579.4793361871924428403. C116 349 44953.141817427570657. C122 353 2143.2659.195991.388277.2623573. C119 359 11041477.15329443.40829741150863579. C115 367 51420888649203007716619883183. C120 373 4973.365313997.25276968433343666948419739. P113 379 P154 383 C156 389 216401.4415819.906077190456575539. C129 397 8629.10091.251144057.78931425554466677. P128 401 356647.106472237.176879825310092531660311384621. C121 409 13314787.2687493999689.1207499319227522718393192409. P120 419 1996109.12057377.148015898637479.6900895672359645977. P123 421 2251. C169 431 215983.321247.666143.22300450379. P148 433 2089.1702001166295564185254173813. C147 439 1291.6673.139650775093. C162 443 463.4889.856949461054094326679441. C152 449 10567.1770997.4611953063.2076514060559.473511977621365483.583579995758527221397.2766671858089535693493463559207. P84 457 C188 461 44159768129. C180 463 983.190369.729293.100282859827.398078244463.1107468799967598177002554891344421. C123 467 718713552547. C184 479 154491616237417891. C181 487 11587.199739.9057272859117914235451. P170 491 14419.247369.521723.12640654570543. C176 499 827.13221604619.502039587537773. C179