Abstract
The French mathematician Marin Mersenne (1588–1648, see Fig. 4.1) studied numbers of the form
where p is a prime. They are named Mersenne numbers after him. If moreover \(2^p-1\) itself is a prime, then it is called a Mersenne prime.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2021 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Křížek, M., Somer, L., Šolcová, A. (2021). Special Types of Primes. In: From Great Discoveries in Number Theory to Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83899-7_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83899-7_4
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-83898-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-83899-7
eBook Packages: Mathematics and StatisticsMathematics and Statistics (R0)