Mersenne
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The newest prime is a Mersenne prime, meaning it is one less than a power of two.
From Scientific American
The background software running on the computer unearthed a rare kind of prime number called a Mersenne prime.
From New York Times
Some prime numbers are named after Marin Mersenne, a French theologian and mathematician who studied them in the early 17th century.
From New York Times
Indeed, even as Mr. Pace promised to keep searching for the next big trophy — the 100-million-digit Mersenne prime, with a prize of $150,000 — he said there were two much smaller numbers he was even prouder of: “the 20 years I’ve served as a deacon at Germantown,” and “the 44 gallons of blood and platelets I’ve donated in my life.”
From New York Times
The system is supposed to tell you if you find a Mersenne prime, Mr. Pace said, but that didn’t happen.
From New York Times
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