Definition of Mersenne. Meaning of Mersenne. Synonyms of Mersenne

- In mathematics, a Mersenne prime is a prime number that is one less than a power of two. That is, it is a prime number of the form Mn = 2n − 1 for some...
- Marin Mersenne, OM (also known as Marinus Mersennus or le Père Mersenne; French: [maʁɛ̃ mɛʁsɛn]; 8 September 1588 – 1 September 1648) was a French polymath...
- The Mersenne Twister is a general-purpose pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) developed in 1997 by Makoto Matsumoto (松本 眞) and Takuji Nishimura (西村 拓士)...
- In mathematics, the Mersenne conjectures concern the characterization of a kind of prime numbers called Mersenne primes, meaning prime numbers that are...
- Mersenne primes and perfect numbers are two deeply interlinked types of natural numbers in number theory. Mersenne primes, named after the friar Marin...
- largest known primes are Mersenne primes. The last eighteen record primes were Mersenne primes. The binary representation of any Mersenne prime is composed of...
- In mathematics, a double Mersenne number is a Mersenne number of the form M M p = 2 2 p − 1 − 1 {\displaystyle M_{M_{p}}=2^{2^{p}-1}-1} where p is prime...
- Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) is a collaborative project of volunteers who use freely available software to search for Mersenne prime numbers...
- Mersenne's laws are laws describing the frequency of oscillation of a stretched string or monochord, useful in musical tuning and musical instrument construction...
- only a Mersenne prime (since 2 3 − 1 = 7 {\displaystyle 2^{3}-1=7} ) but also a double Mersenne prime since the exponent, 3, is itself a Mersenne prime...