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Mersenne

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[mer-sen, mer-sen] / mərˈsɛn, mɛrˈsɛn /

noun

  1. Marin 1588–1648, French mathematician.


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The next few Mersenne primes are 7, 31, and 127.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2016

Mersenne primes, logically enough, are Mersenne numbers that are also prime.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2016

This new Mersenne prime is not going to be used for encryption any time soon.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2016

Why do we know about so many large Mersenne primes and so few large non-Mersenne ones?

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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