Mersenne
Americannoun
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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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