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PRIME NUMBERS

Anonymous Thu 27 Aug 03:56:00 2020 No.12053224 View Reply Original Report

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So (2^82,589,933) ? 1 is the current largest known prime number. Why have the past few been 2^x MINUS ONE? I mean there's got to be some between the top two. Something like 2^x- y^z -a. Or even ending in PLUS ONE?
My main question is is MINUS ONE easier to calculate/prove or something?

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Anonymous Thu 27 Aug 2020 04:02:12 No.12053240 Report

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>>12053224
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_prime
first paragraph should tell you why they're easier to check
other than that, the rest of the article tells you why they're good candidates

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Anonymous Thu 27 Aug 2020 04:53:46 No.12053319 Report

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>>12053224
>there's got to be some between the top two.
Sure, but they're a lot more difficult to check.

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Anonymous Thu 27 Aug 2020 05:07:45 No.12053342 Report

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>>12053224
because mersenne primes

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Anonymous Thu 27 Aug 2020 05:09:02 No.12053345 Report

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>>12053224
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas–Lehmer_primality_test

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