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44th Mersenne Prime (Probably) Found

4 September 2006 at 2:30 pm

Less than a year after the 43rd known Mersenne prime was reported (MathWorld
headline news, December 25, 2005), GIMPS project organizer George Woltman is
reporting in an email message that a new Mersenne prime has been reported to
the GIMPS server. A verification run on the number has been started, and
more details will be made public when verification of the discovery has been
completed.

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