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Mersenne prime
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Mersenne prime [mər′sen ¦prīm]
(mathematics)
A Mersenne number that is also a prime number.


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Mersenne numbers have the form 2p-1, where p is a prime.
org to their home or office computers, GIMPS volunteers can test Mersenne numbers for primality whenever their machines are otherwise idle.
Participants can get into trouble, however, if they don't own the computer that they're using to run a climate model, check Mersenne numbers, or crunch radio-telescope data.
 
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