Mersenne numbers

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf integer sequence
gptkbp:definedIn numbers of the form 2^n - 1
gptkbp:eighthMersennePrime 2147483647
gptkbp:fifthMersennePrime 8191
gptkbp:first_terms 1
15
3
31
63
7
127
255
511
1023
gptkbp:firstMersennePrime 3
gptkbp:fourthMersennePrime 127
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mersenne numbers
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Marin_Mersenne
gptkbp:OEIS gptkb:A000225
gptkbp:property M_n = 2^n - 1
all even perfect numbers are related to Mersenne primes
Mersenne numbers are used in GIMPS (Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search)
Mersenne numbers are used in distributed computing projects
Mersenne numbers are used in random number generation
Mersenne numbers are a subset of repunit numbers in base 2
Mersenne numbers are always odd for n > 0
Mersenne numbers are used in computer science
Mersenne numbers are used in primality testing
Mersenne numbers grow exponentially
binary representation is all 1s
if 2^n - 1 is prime, n must be prime
if n is composite, 2^n - 1 is composite
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Mersenne_primes
gptkb:Lucas–Lehmer_test
perfect numbers
gptkbp:secondMersennePrime 7
gptkbp:sequence M_n = 2^n - 1
gptkbp:seventhMersennePrime 524287
gptkbp:sixthMersennePrime 131071
gptkbp:thirdMersennePrime 31
gptkbp:usedIn cryptography
number theory
perfect numbers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lucas–Lehmer_primality_test
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8