Re: Bruce Schneier - errors in table of primitive polynomials mod 2

In article <enq24i$23lm$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
ggr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Rose) wrote:

I needed to factor 2^544-1

2^544-1 = (2^272+1).(2^272-1)
and then all the prime factors are here
http://www.ams.org/online_bks/conm22
I believe since the first edition (1983)

An interesting historical question: when and how was first obtained
the nontrivial factor 335631827046798245410603730138717057
of 2^272+1 ?


François Grieu
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