The new prime is only the 52nd known Mersenne prime ever discovered. Mersenne primes were named for the French monk Marin Mersenne, who studied these numbers more than 350 years ago.

1 day ago · List of all known Mersenne prime numbers along with the discoverer's name, dates of discovery and the method used to prove its primality.

1 day ago · A Mersenne prime is a prime number of the form 2 P -1. The first Mersenne primes are 3, 7, 31, and 127 corresponding to P = 2, 3, 5, and 7 respectively. There are only 49 known Mersenne …

Oct 21, 2024 · A Mersenne prime is a prime number of the form 2 P -1. The first Mersenne primes are 3, 7, 31, and 127 corresponding to P = 2, 3, 5, and 7 respectively. There are now 52 known Mersenne …

3 days ago · Mersenne himself lived and died hundreds of years ago and yet today his name is plastered all over an electronic medium of which he could never even have conceived.

1 day ago · Luke Welsh has started a web page that points to Richard Crandall's program and other available source code that you can use to help search for Mersenne primes.

Jan 10, 2026 · The new prime is the 44th discovery in a special class of rare prime numbers known as Mersenne primes, named for French monk Marin Mersenne, who studied these numbers more than …

2 days ago · How GIMPS Works Overview Mersenne numbers are of the simple form 2 P -1, where P is the exponent to be tested. It is easy to prove that if 2 P -1 is prime, then P must be a prime. Thus, …

6 days ago · The new prime is the 43rd discovery in a special class of rare prime numbers known as Mersenne primes, named for French monk Marin Mersenne, who studied these numbers more than …

Nov 13, 1996 · GIMPS History Since its founding in 1996, GIMPS has discovered 18 Mersenne primes so far. Could you be next? For a full history of GIMPS, please see the Wikipedia entry Great Internet …