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China Terminology ›› 2012, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (1): 55-57.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8578.2012.01.014

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Introduction on Mersenne Primes

ZHANG Sibao, LI Jianan   

  • Received:2011-11-28 Online:2012-02-25 Published:2012-04-09

Abstract: The Mersenne prime is a special kind of prime. It is an important element of number theory, and also one of the hot and difficult points of today's scientific research. Since the prime has been presented, the relative studies have been made significant progress under the project of Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS). This paper gives a brief introduction to Mersenne primes.

Key words: Mersenne primes, Zhou conjecture, grid technologies, GIMPS

CLC Number:  (术语规范及交流)