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'''M37''' is the short hand used to refer to the 37th [[Mersenne prime]]. Specifically it is <math>2^{3021377}-1</math>. This number was discovered to be [[Prime number|prime]] on January 27th, 1998 by [[Roland Clarkson]], using [[Prime95]] written by [[George Woltman]]. The number is [http://www.mersenneforum.org/txt/37.txt 909,526 decimal digits] long.
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'''M37''' is the short hand used to refer to the 37th [[Mersenne prime]]. Specifically it is <math>2^{3\,021\,377}-1</math>. This number was discovered to be [[prime]] on 1988-01-27 by [[Roland Clarkson]], using [[Prime95]] written by [[George Woltman]]. The number is [http://www.mersenneforum.org/txt/37.txt 909 526 decimal digits] long.
  
 
This prime number was the third record prime found by the [[GIMPS]] project.
 
This prime number was the third record prime found by the [[GIMPS]] project.
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==External links==
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.mersenne.org/various/3021377.htm Press Release]
 
*[http://www.mersenne.org/various/3021377.htm Press Release]
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Revision as of 22:45, 5 February 2019

M37 is the short hand used to refer to the 37th Mersenne prime. Specifically it is [math]\displaystyle{ 2^{3\,021\,377}-1 }[/math]. This number was discovered to be prime on 1988-01-27 by Roland Clarkson, using Prime95 written by George Woltman. The number is 909 526 decimal digits long.

This prime number was the third record prime found by the GIMPS project.

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