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New Mersenne prime found
- A new Mersenne prime discovery was announced today, with the prime number 2p − 1 for p = 2136279841.
- The size of the new Mersenne prime is consistent with predictions.
- There are now 52 known Mersenne primes, but it is not confirmed if the latest discovery is the 52nd.
- The latest Mersenne prime can be represented in hexadecimal as a 1 followed by 34,069,960 F’s.
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