Mathematician:David Slowinski

Mathematician

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 $5$