The 32nd Mersenne Prime - Predicted by Mersenne

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The 32nd Mersenne Prime, by David SlowinskiThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The 32nd Mersenne PrimeAuthor: David SlowinskiRelease Date: June 12, 2008 [EBook #69]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE 32ND MERSENNE PRIME ***The 32nd Mersenne PrimeFound byDavid SlowinskiIn honor of Andrew Wiles' proof of the theorem known as "Fermat's Last Theorem" stated 350 years ago—but unprovenuntil this week (February, 1993). [Fermat's thoughts on primes did not fare so well, however. A prime number is aninteger, which is evenly integer divisible only by itself and 1] Took 26.562767 minutes to calculate using Maple 4.0 on a 512-MW 4 CPU Cray ...