Mathematics of Computation

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Ten new primitive binary trinomials
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by Richard P. Brent and Paul Zimmermann;
Math. Comp. 78 (2009), 1197-1199
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-08-02170-4
Published electronically: August 1, 2008

Abstract:

We exhibit ten new primitive trinomials over GF(2) of record degrees $24 036 583$, $25 964 951$, $30 402 457$, and $32 582 657$. This completes the search for the currently known Mersenne prime exponents.
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Bibliographic Information
  • Richard P. Brent
  • Affiliation: Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
  • Email: trinomials@rpbrent.com
  • Paul Zimmermann
  • Affiliation: INRIA Nancy, Grand Est, Villers-lès-Nancy, France
  • MR Author ID: 273776
  • Email: Paul.Zimmermann@loria.fr
  • Received by editor(s): April 15, 2008
  • Published electronically: August 1, 2008
  • © Copyright 2008 American Mathematical Society
    The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication.
  • Journal: Math. Comp. 78 (2009), 1197-1199
  • MSC (2000): Primary 11B83, 11Y16; Secondary 11-04, 11T06, 11Y55, 12-04
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-08-02170-4
  • MathSciNet review: 2476580