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• Marin Mersenne
  .... It is sometimes incorrectly stated that he was a Jesuit. He was educated by Jesuits, but he never joined the Society of Jesus. He taught theology and p ...s a commentary on the Book of Genesis and comprises uneven sections headed by verses from the first three chapters of that book. At first sight the book
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• Lucas-Lehmer test
  ...either composite or prime. It is the last stage in the procedure employed by [[GIMPS]] for finding [[Mersenne prime]]s. Previous stages try to find fact We extend this to our Lucas-Lehmer test by taking the calculation of the Lucas-Lehmer number for 2^p-1 (mod
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• Perfect number
  ...clid]] discovered that the first four perfect numbers are generated by the formula 2^''n''-1(2^''n''-1): ...n''</sup>-1 is a [[prime]] number in each instance, Euclid proved that the formula 2^''n''-1(2^''n''-1) gives an even perfect number whene
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