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. 1971 Oct;68(10):2319–2320. doi: 10.1073/pnas.68.10.2319

The 24th Mersenne Prime

Bryant Tuckerman 1
PMCID: PMC389411  PMID: 16591945

Abstract

The 24th Mersenne prime Mp = 2p - 1, and currently the largest known prime, is 219937 - 1. Primality was shown by the Lucas-Lehmer test on an IBM 360/91 computer. The 24th even perfect number is (219937 - 1)·219936.

Keywords: computer, Lucas-Lehmer test, perfect number, computational speed

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