M(20996011)被证实为第40个梅森素数

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July 11, 2010. Almost 7 years after discovering M(20996011), GIMPS finished double-checking every smaller Mersenne number. Since no primes were found, the "40th known Mersenne prime" can now be simply called the "40th Mersenne prime". Congratulations and thanks to all the GIMPS members that perform this less glamorous double-checking work.

2010年7月11日，将近是发现M(20996011)之后的第七年，GIMPS完成了比这个数小的所有梅森数的第二次检测。由于没有发现比这个数更小的新的梅森素数，所以“第40个已知的梅森素数”现在可以简称为“第40个梅森素数”了。祝贺并且感谢所有参与运行吸引力较差的二次检测的GIMPS成员。