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- For the primes named after Marin Mersenne, see Mersenne prime.
Life
Marin Mersenne (pronounced Mayr-senn) was born of peasant parents near Oizé, Maine (present day Sarthe). He was educated at Le Mans and at the Jesuit College of La Flèche, where he was a schoolmate and friend of René Descartes. On July 17, 1611, he joined the Minim Friars, and, after studying theology and Hebrew in Paris received his full holy orders in 1613.
For a time, he taught philosophy at Nevers but returned to Paris in 1620 at the convent of L'Annonciade. There, with other kindred spirits such as Descartes, Étienne Pascal, Gilles de Roberval and Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, he studied mathematics and music. He corresponded with Giovanni Doni, Constantijn Huygens and other scholars in Italy, England and Holland. For four years he devoted himself entirely to philosophic and theological writing, and published Quaestiones celeberrimae in Genesim (1623); L'Impieté des déistes (1624); La Vérité des sciences (1624). It is sometimes incorrectly stated that he was a Jesuit. He was educated by Jesuits, but he never joined the Society of Jesus. He taught theology and philosophy at Nevers and Paris. He visited Italy three times, in 1640, 1641 and 1645.
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@willnoon my thoughts exactly! my homework was infuriating and i cursed marin mersenne for a good hour and a half.
reservoirdogs (taryn) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:39:47 -0000
@willnoon my thoughts exactly! my homework was infuriating and i cursed marin mersenne for a good hour and a half.
@willnoon hey will noon i hear you like math. what do you know about mersenne numbers?
reservoirdogs (taryn) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:58:40 -0000
@willnoon hey will noon i hear you like math. what do you know about mersenne numbers?
I am TOTALLY carrying my Mersenne Prime research team. I own 711.13 Ghz days out of our team total 957.75. I'm also the only Mac. Whoot!
jasheldo (Jim Sheldon) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:07:24 -0000
I am TOTALLY carrying my Mersenne Prime research team. I own 711.13 Ghz days out of our team total 957.75. I'm also the only Mac. Whoot!
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mersenne (undomondo) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:25:13 -0000
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r/t @Reckon @mersenne Conceptual works by Amsterdamer Jaap Scheeren http://ff.im/-b4mAv
jamreilly (James Reilly) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:13:11 -0000
r/t @Reckon @mersenne Conceptual works by Amsterdamer Jaap Scheeren http://ff.im/-b4mAv
@Nickfromupnorth or maybe good riddance? @kpunk99 sez so: http://bit.ly/2N34OG
mersenne (undomondo) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:07:16 -0000
@Nickfromupnorth or maybe good riddance? @kpunk99 sez so: http://bit.ly/2N34OG
Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) - Large distributed project to primality test all Mersenne numbers with free software by George Woltman. Increased largest known prime many times.
Meta Description: [ An organized search for Mersenne prime numbers. Free software provided. ]
Ars Technica Team Prime Rib - A distributed computing team dedicated to finding Mersenne prime numbers.
Internet PrimeNet Server - PrimeNet is a distributed computing project for the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, co-ordinating the assignment of work and collection of results.
Marin Mersenne - Biography of the Minim friar and his contributions to number theory. Includes references, pictures, and cross-references to topics.
Meta Description: [ Marin Mersenne (1588-1648) ]
Mersenne Prime Digits and Names - Landon Curt Noll lists the decimal, English, and American expansions of all the known Mersenne primes.
Meta Description: [ Mersenne Prime Digits and Names ]
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Mersenne Prime Mailing List - Unmoderated list for communication between those interested in all aspects of Mersenne Primes. Sign-up and access to archives.
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Mersenne Wiki - Information about the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, other distributed prime projects, and the related mathematics.
mersenneforum.org - A forum about prime numbers and computerized searches for more of them. Includes discussions of software and hardware issues encountered by searchers.
The Prime Pages: Mersenne Primes - History, theorems, tables, conjectures, heuristics.
Meta Description: [ The definitive pages on the Mersenne primes and the related mathematics! ]
Will Edgington's Mersenne Page - Files with Mersenne factors. Includes proofs of theorems related to the search for Mersenne primes and factors.
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