Mersenne
Americannoun
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All in all, the 11 largest known primes are Mersenne.
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2016
Mersenne primes, logically enough, are Mersenne numbers that are also prime.
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2016
The next few Mersenne primes are 7, 31, and 127.
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2016
Finally, there’s a particular test of primeness—the Lucas-Lehmer test—that can only be used on Mersenne numbers.
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2016
In France, Marin Mersenne went to elaborate lengths in 1633 to replicate Galileo’s experiments and conduct accurate measurements.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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