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A Riesel number is a value of k such that k•2n-1 is always composite for all natural numbers.

Using the same method presented in the Sierpiński problem article, Hans Riesel found in 1956 that 509203•2n-1 is always composite.

In order to demonstrate whether 509203 is the smallest Riesel number or not (the Riesel problem), a distributed computing project was created named Riesel Sieve.

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