Definition:Mersenne Number/Sequence

Sequence of Mersenne Numbers
The sequence of Mersenne numbers begins:
 * $3, 7, 31, 127, 2047, 8191, 131 \, 071, 524 \, 287, 8 \, 388 \, 607, 536 \, 870 \, 911, 2 \, 147 \, 483 \, 647, \ldots$