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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

Checkout list of first: 10 mersenne primes. You can also check all mersenne primes.

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