Mersenne conjectures
= Mersenne conjectures
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Mersenne conjectures typically refer to conjectures related to Mersenne primes, which are prime numbers of the form \\( M_n = 2^n - 1 \\), where \\( n \\) is a positive integer. These numbers are named after the French monk Marin Mersenne, who studied them in the early 17th century.