Mathematician:David Slowinski
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American mathematician who has discovered of several of the largest known Mersenne primes.
He has also written several textbooks on the subject.
Mersenne primes discovered
\(\text {(27)}: \quad\) | \(\ds M_{44 \, 497}\) | \(:\) | \(\ds 2^{44 \, 497} − 1\) | 8 Apr 1979 | \(\quad\) with Harry Lewis Nelson | |||||||||
\(\text {(28)}: \quad\) | \(\ds M_{86 \, 243}\) | \(:\) | \(\ds 2^{86 \, 243} − 1\) | 25 Sept 1982 | ||||||||||
\(\text {(30)}: \quad\) | \(\ds M_{132 \, 049}\) | \(:\) | \(\ds 2^{132 \, 049} − 1\) | 19 Sept 1983 | ||||||||||
\(\text {(31)}: \quad\) | \(\ds M_{216 \, 091}\) | \(:\) | \(\ds 2^{216 \, 091} − 1\) | 1 Sept 1985 | ||||||||||
\(\text {(32)}: \quad\) | \(\ds M_{756 \, 839}\) | \(:\) | \(\ds 2^{756 \, 839} − 1\) | 19 Feb 1992 | \(\quad\) with Paul Gage | |||||||||
\(\text {(33)}: \quad\) | \(\ds M_{859 \, 433}\) | \(:\) | \(\ds 2^{859 \, 433} − 1\) | 4 Jan 1994 | \(\quad\) with Paul Gage | |||||||||
\(\text {(34)}: \quad\) | \(\ds M_{1 \, 257 \, 787}\) | \(:\) | \(\ds 2^{1 \, 257 \, 787} − 1\) | 3 Sept 1996 | \(\quad\) with Paul Gage |
Publications
- 1978 -- 1979: Searching for the $27$th Mersenne Prime (Journal of Recreational Mathematics Vol. 11, no. 4: pp. 258 – 261) (with H. Nelson)
Sources
- 1992: George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {B}.2$: More about Numbers: Irrationals, Perfect Numbers and Mersenne Primes: Footnote $5$