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Value k
When discussing Mersenne numbers, all factors can be expressed in the following form:
where is the exponent in .
An example:
So, we see that for the factor 47,
When trial factoring finds a factor, it can either be written out and stored long hand, or just the k-value may be recorded.
See also: http://www.mersenne.org/various/math.php