Mathematician:Bryant Tuckerman

1915 - 2002

American mathematician who discovered, on March 4th, 1971, the 24th Mersenne prime: $$2^{19937} - 1$$.

Nationality
American

History

 * Born: November 28, 1915
 * Died: May 19, 2002

Theorems and Inventions

 * The Tuckerman Traverse: a method for revealing all the faces of a flexagon.
 * A member of the team that designed the Data Encryption Standard (DES).