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March 25, 1992

On March 25, 1992, British scientists announced that they had discovered the largest Mersenne prime number to date. A Mersenne prime number is a prime number that is one less than a power of two. For example, two squared is four, and one less is three, and three is a prime number, so three is … Continue reading

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