New Mersenne prime found
The Endeavour 2024-10-21
Summary:
Mersenne numbers have the form 2p − 1. A Mersenne prime is a Mersenne number that is also a prime. A new Mersenne prime discovery was announced today: 2p − 1 is prime for p = 136279841. The size of the new Mersenne prime is consistent with what was predicted. For many years now, the […]
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