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This is a verification, the next likely Mersenne prime M(74207281) has already been discovered. Verification just involves eliminating all lower possibilities.
by mike_d 5y ago
This is a verification, the next likely Mersenne prime M(74207281) has already been discovered. Verification just involves eliminating all lower possibilities.
https://www.mersenne.org/primes/ https://www.mersenne.org/primes/
- karmakaze 5y agoThanks for this context. rank p digits discovered 48 257,885,161-1 17,425,170 2013 Jan 25 49* 274,207,281-1 22,338,618 2016 Jan 07 50* 277,232,917-1 23,249,425 2017 Dec 26 51* 282,589,933-1 24,862,048 2018 Dec 07 So we've already found three larger ones but have still yet to be verified as the 49th, 50th, 51st consecutive ones. Verification seem of more interest to those following closely and discovery of another one being bigger.