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What Is a Mersenne Prime?
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- A Mersenne prime has the form 2^p - 1 where p itself is prime.
- Named after French monk Marin Mersenne who studied them.
- Many recent record-breaking primes are Mersenne primes.
- They are connected to perfect numbers, as every even perfect number corresponds to a Mersenne prime.
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