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Bookmark or Share- 52nd Known Mersenne Prime DiscoveredThe Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) was formed in January 1996 by George Woltman to discover new world record size Mersenne primes. In 1997 Scott Kurowski enabled GIMPS to automatically harness the power of thousands of ordinary computers to search for these "rare mathematical gems".
- List of Known Mersenne Prime Numbers - Great Internet Mersenne Prime SearchList of all known Mersenne prime numbers along with the discoverer's name, dates of discovery and the method used to prove its primality.
- Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search - PrimeNetOctober 21, 2024 — The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has discovered a new Mersenne prime number, 2 136279841-1. At 41,024,320 digits, it eclipses by more than 16 million digits the previous largest known prime number found by GIMPS nearly 6 years ago.
- GIMPS - Free Prime95 software downloads - PrimeNetThe GIMPS program is very loosely based on C code written by Richard Crandall. 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. Other available freeware
- Mersenne Prime Discovery - 2^136279841-1 is Prime!The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) was formed in January 1996 by George Woltman to discover new world record size Mersenne primes. In 1997 Scott Kurowski enabled GIMPS to automatically harness the power of thousands of ordinary computers to search for these "rare mathematical gems".
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