44,497/Historical Note

Historical Note on $44 \, 497$

The Mersenne number $M_{44 \, 497} = 2^{44 \, 497} - 1$ was demonstrated to be a Mersenne prime on $8$ April $1979$ by David Slowinski and Harry Nelson, using a CRAY-1 supercomputer.


Sources

  • 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $2^{44497} - 1$
  • 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $2^{44,497} - 1$
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