The 24th Mersenne Prime

Bryant Tuckerman

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1971 · 30 citations · 2 references

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The 24th Mersenne prime M(p) = 2(p) - 1, and currently the largest known prime, is 2(19937) - 1. Primality was shown by the Lucas-Lehmer test on an IBM 360/91 computer. The 24th even perfect number is (2(19937) - 1).2(19936).

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