Mersenne Primes
In mathematics, a Mersenne prime is a prime number that is one less than a power of two. That is, it is a prime number that can be written in the form Mn = 2n − 1 for some integer n. They are named after Marin Mersenne, a French Minim friar, who studied them in the early 17th century.
First 7: 3, 7, 31, 127, 8191, 131071, 524287
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- OEIS: A000668
- Wikipedia: Mersenne prime
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