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Mersenne number

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Mersenne number [mər′sen ¦nəm·bər]
(mathematics)
A number of the form 2p- 1, wherepis a prime number.


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Mersenne numbers have the form 2p-1, where p is a prime.
New largest prime discovered by Science News
Written in binary notation, a Mersenne number consists of an unbroken string of 1s.
Owners of home computers join researchers in cracking problems and ... by PETERSON, IVARS / Science News
For example, written out in binary form, a Mersenne number consists of an unbroken string of 1s-3,021,377 of them in the case of the record prime number.
Calculating a record prime by Peterson, Ivars / Science News
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