Mersenne's mom was fifteen when she had her, and Mom pretty much just stayed knocked up after that. Turns out breeding's addictive to bunnies, who knew?

Mersenne is utterly smitten with the person she's talking to here and decided she wants this to be her first babydaddy. She had to work up her courage enough to ask, but she did it!

Think she'll get a yes?

By https://inkbunny.net/mcfly0crash
https://twitter.com/mcfly0crash

#cub #mersenne #blushing #glasses #shorts #green_eyes #big_hair

I think that this proves that any #CatalanMersenne number is prime, therefore the #CatalanConjecture is false, and consequently, proves there are infinitely many #Mersenne #Primes
If I’m right, no one can say they found a bigger #prime

One of the things I love about working in #IT is the different ways you make use of old, yet serviceable systems.

Classic CPUs are still insanely powerful devices, capable of amazing things. One project I've become involved with recently is the Great Internet #Mersenne #Prime Search (GIMPS) which uses spare CPU cycles donated by anyone in the world to find the next Mersenne prime (the last one was found in 2018!).

I have around five systems which are happily chugging away, crunching numbers and reporting back to the main project. I like the idea that even when I'm not feeling productive, at least something within my control is contributing back to science and society.

You can read more about GIMPS (and even sign up!) here: https://www.mersenne.org

Is anyone here contributing to the GIMPS project? #prime #mersenne #maths #citizenScience https://www.mersenne.org