756,839/Historical Note

Historical Note on $756 \, 839$

The Mersenne number $M_{756 \, 839} = 2^{756 \, 839} - 1$ was demonstrated to be a Mersenne prime on $19$ February $1992$ by David Slowinski and Paul Gage.

Sources

• 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $2^{859,433} - 1$