Mersenne Numbers in Nature and Elsewhere
In computer science, unsigned p-bit integers can be used to express numbers up to Mp. Signed p+1-bit integers can express values between -Mp and Mp.
In the mathematical problem Tower of Hanoi, solving a puzzle with a p-disc tower requires Mp steps, assuming no mistakes are made.
The asteroid with minor planet number 8191 is named 8191 Mersenne after Marin Mersenne, because 8191 is a Mersenne prime (3 Juno, 7 Iris, 31 Euphrosyne and 127 Johanna having been discovered and named during the nineteenth century).
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