Mathematician:Paul Peter Heinrich Seelhoff

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Mathematician

German mathematician who discovered the Mersenne prime $M61$ in $1886$, independently of Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin.


Nationality

German


History

  • Born: 1829
  • Died: 1896


Publications

  • 1886: Die Zahlen von der Form $k \cdot 2 n + 1$ (Z. Math. Phys. Vol. 31: p. 380)
  • 1886: Geschichte der Factorentafeln


Also known as

Some sources report him as Petter Seelhoff, but this may be a mistake.