859,433/Historical Note
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Historical Note on $859 \, 433$
The Mersenne number $M_{859 \, 433} = 2^{859 \, 433} - 1$ was demonstrated to be a Mersenne prime by David Slowinski and Paul Gage.
This discovery was announced by David Slowinski on the internet on $4$ January $1994$.
Sources
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $2^{859,433} - 1$