Mersenne primes

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Prime_Number
gptkbp:application cryptography
random number generation
gptkbp:defines prime numbers of the form 2^p - 1, where p is a prime
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Great_Internet_Mersenne_Prime_Search_(GIMPS)
gptkbp:fifthMersennePrime 8191
gptkbp:firstMersennePrime 3
gptkbp:firstPerfectNumber 6
gptkbp:fourthMersennePrime 127
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mersenne primes
gptkbp:largestKnownMersennePrime 2^82,589,933-1 (as of 2018)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Marin_Mersenne
gptkbp:OEIS gptkb:A000668
gptkbp:openProblem Are there infinitely many Mersenne primes?
gptkbp:property If 2^p-1 is prime, then p must be prime
Not all numbers of the form 2^p-1 with p prime are prime
gptkbp:relationToPerfectNumbers Every even perfect number is related to a Mersenne prime
If 2^p-1 is a Mersenne prime, then 2^{p-1}(2^p-1) is a perfect number
gptkbp:secondMersennePrime 7
gptkbp:sequence 3, 7, 31, 127, 8191, ...
gptkbp:thirdMersennePrime 31
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Number_theory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5