2^31-1 is prime

2³¹-1 is prime

Decimal digits American style

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The decimal value of this prime was computed with calc and the English name was computed with number.


                                                              2,147,483,647

Some useful links

Large prime numbers

The Largest known prime
Known Mersenne Prime Digits and their English names
Lists of large prime numbers

Definitions and theory

General Mersenne prime information
Definition of a Prime
Definition of a Mersenne number
Definition of a Mersenne prime
Mersenne's conjecture
Methods to find primes or to prove a large numbers primality
How to find a new largest known prime - A EuroBSDcon 2013 tutorial

Searching for Mersenne primes

EFF Cooperative Computing Awards

Cooperative Computing Awards home page
Rules of the Cooperative Computing Awards
Rule 4F, a very importart part of the rules
Recent News from the Cooperative Computing Awards
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) of the Cooperative Computing Awards

Source code

Calc: Computed the decimal value of this prime
Number: Computed the English name of this prime
GIMPS code: May be used to prove that this number was prime

Other prime links

Dr. Caldwell's The Prime Pages
Caldwell's article on the discovery of 2^13466917-1
Landon Curt Noll's prime number work
The Amdahl 6 group
Prime Curios! (a fun site!)
Landon Curt Noll's table of curious numbers related to primes
English names of large numbers - How high can you count?

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