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Mersenne prime [mər′sen ¦prīm] (mathematics) A Mersenne number that is also a prime number. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Mersenne primes themselves are of interest to computational number theorists, who pursue such basic questions as the distribution of primes among all whole numbers. Mersenne primes are most relevant to number theory and have practical implications for encryption and computational benchmarking. Mersenne primes are not the only targets of large group efforts. |
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