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48th Mersenne prime found

mersenne.org 6 min read

GIMPS has discovered a new Mersenne prime number: 2^57885161-1 is prime! Discovered: 2013 Jan 25

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Math & Algorithms 2013

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Submitted	Title on HN	Points	Comments
Feb 5, 2013	48th Mersenne prime found by ColinWright	327	110

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