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In other mersenne news, it has now been the longest ever wait for the discovery of a new largest mersenne prime since the GIMPS project started (nearly 4 years
by jl6 4y ago
In other mersenne news, it has now been the longest ever wait for the discovery of a new largest mersenne prime since the GIMPS project started (nearly 4 years now):
https://www.mersenne.org/report_milestones/ https://www.mersenne.org/report_milestones/
- Someone 4y agoThis isn’t a Mersenne prime. https://www.ams.org/journals/mcom/2002-71-238/S0025-5718-01-01319-9/S0025-5718-01-01319-9.pdf https://www.ams.org/journals/mcom/2002-71-238/S0025-5718-01-... says “The Repunit R49081 = (10⁴⁹⁰⁸¹ − 1)/9 is a probable prime.”, so we’re talking numbers that get written as all ones in decimal, not binary.
- jl6 4y agoI’m referring to the forum name.