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Mersenne Prime Digits and Names

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Known Mersenne Primes
(1000 digit primes) (10,000 digit primes) (100,000 digit primes) (1,000,000 digit primes) (10,000,000 digit primes)
(Largest known prime) (Some useful links)

Mersenne Prime	Discovery Date	Digit Count	Decimal Digits	English Name	English Name with -'s
2²-1	500BC?	1	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2³-1	500BC?	1	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2⁵-1	275BC?	2	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2⁷-1	275BC?	3	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style

Mersenne Prime	Discovery Date	Digit Count	Decimal Digits	English Name	English Name with -'s
2¹³-1	1456	4	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2¹⁷-1	1588	6	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2¹⁹-1	1588	6	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2³¹-1	1772	10	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style

Mersenne Prime	Discovery Date	Digit Count	Decimal Digits	English Name	English Name with -'s
2⁶¹-1	1883	19	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2⁸⁹-1	1911	27	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2¹⁰⁷-1	1914	33	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2¹²⁷-1	1876	39	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style

Mersenne Prime	Discovery Date	Digit Count	Decimal Digits	English Name	English Name with -'s
2⁵²¹-1	30-Jan-1952	157	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2⁶⁰⁷-1	30-Jan-1952	183	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2¹²⁷⁹-1	26-Jun-1952	386	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2²²⁰³-1	7-Oct-1952	664	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style

Mersenne Prime	Discovery Date	Digit Count	Decimal Digits	English Name	English Name with -'s
2²²⁸¹-1	9-Oct-1952	687	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2³²¹⁷-1	8-Sep-1957	969	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2⁴²⁵³-1	3-Nov-1961	1281	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2⁴⁴²³-1	3-Nov-1961	1332	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style

Mersenne Prime	Discovery Date	Digit Count	Decimal Digits	English Name	English Name with 's
2⁹⁶⁸⁹-1	11-May-1963	2917	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2⁹⁹⁴¹-1	16-May-1963	2993	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2¹¹²¹³-1	2-Jun-1963	3376	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2¹⁹⁹³⁷-1	4-Mar-1971	6002	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style

Mersenne Prime	Discovery Date	Digit Count	Decimal Digits	English Name	English Name with -'s
2²¹⁷⁰¹-1	30-Oct-1978	6533	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2²³²⁰⁹-1	9-Feb-1979	6987	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2⁴⁴⁴⁹⁷-1	8-Apr-1979	13395	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2⁸⁶²⁴³-1	25-Sep-1982	25962	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style

Mersenne Prime	Discovery Date	Digit Count	Decimal Digits	English Name	English Name with -'s
2¹¹⁰⁵⁰³-1	28-Jan-1988	33265	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2¹³²⁰⁴⁹-1	19-Sep-1983	39751	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2²¹⁶⁰⁹¹-1	1-Sep-1985	65050	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2⁷⁵⁶⁸³⁹-1	1-Apr-1992	227832	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style

Mersenne Prime	Discovery Date	Digit Count	Decimal Digits	English Name	English Name with -'s
2⁸⁵⁹⁴³³-1	1-Feb-1994	258716	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2^1257787-1	3-Sep-1996	378632	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2^1398269-1	23-Nov-1996	420921	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2^2976221-1	1-Nov-1997	895932	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style

Mersenne Prime	Discovery Date	Digit Count	Decimal Digits	English Name	English Name with -'s
2^3021377-1	24-Aug-1998	909526	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2^6972593-1	1-Jun-1999	2098960	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2^13466917-1	14-Nov-2001	4053946	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2^20996011-1	17-Nov-2003	6320430	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style

Mersenne Prime	Discovery Date	Digit Count	Decimal Digits	English Name	English Name with -'s
2^24036583-1	28-May-2004	7235733	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2^25964951-1	26-Feb-2005	7816230	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2^30402457-1	15-Dec-2005	9152052	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2^32582657-1	04-Sep-2006	9808358	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style

Mersenne Prime	Discovery Date	Digit Count	Decimal Digits	English Name	English Name with -'s
2^37156667-1	06-Sep-2008	11185272	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style
2^43112609-1	23-Aug-2008	12978189	American style European style	American style European style	American style European style

NOTE: As of:
$Date: 2008/09/16 16:30:18 $
the last Mersenne prime shown above was the largest known prime.

Known Mersenne Primes
(1000 digit primes) (10,000 digit primes) (100,000 digit primes) (1,000,000 digit primes) (10,000,000 digit primes)
(Largest known prime) (Some useful links) (top)

Some useful links

Mersenne primes

Known Mersenne Prime Digits and Names
Caldwell's article on the discovery of 2^13466917-1
Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
GIMPS search status

Definitions and theory

Source code

Calc: Compute decimal values primes
Number: Compute English names of primes
GIMPS code: has been used to prove primality of some Mersenne primes
GIMPS search credits and thank yous

Misc prime links

Landon Curt Noll's prime number work
Dr. Caldwell's The Prime Pages
The Amdahl 6 group
Prime Curios! (a fun site!)
Landon Curt Noll's table of curious numbers related to primes

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