Question

What is the difference between a Mersenne number and a Merssene Prime. Please provide an example for both.

Answer 1

We have some number of the form \(2^n-1\), where \(n\) is a natural number. We call this a Mersenne number.

If this number happens to be prime, then we call it a Mersenne prime.

Answer 2

Thank you so much! I was confused on which one was which.