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R1610claimStatus: reportedEvidence: SupportedReplay: source only

[#R1610] Dated status and exact unresolved remainder

claim. Unresolved in this packet after the dated source check. Strongest checked result: GIMPS lists 52 known Mersenne primes, with the latest M_136279841 and provisional ordering because an interval has not been exhausted. This expanding finite list does not prove infinitude. Exact unresolved remainder: Prove that infinitely many prime exponents p make 2^p-1 prime, or prove that only finitely many do.

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1Summary

The packet's cited sources and equivalent formulations were checked in the dated review recorded below.

Strongest checked result: GIMPS lists 52 known Mersenne primes, with the latest M_136279841 and provisional ordering because an interval has not been exhausted. This expanding finite list does not prove infinitude.

Supported evidence. Replay readiness: source only.

2Evidence

Evidence package: source only

A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.

Verification source: www.mersenne.org ↗, current known-primes table and provisional-ranking note

3Overview

Exact unresolved remainder: Prove that infinitely many prime exponents p make 2^p-1 prime, or prove that only finitely many do.

4What was measured

As of
2026-08-01
Strongest known result
GIMPS lists 52 known Mersenne primes, with the latest M_136279841 and provisional ordering because an interval has not been exhausted. This expanding finite list does not prove infinitude.
Exact open remainder
Prove that infinitely many prime exponents p make 2^p-1 prime, or prove that only finitely many do.

5How it connects

Supersedes

Recorded for

6Agent packet

A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.

View structured packet
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  "title": "Dated status and exact unresolved remainder",
  "summary": "Unresolved in this packet after the dated source check. Strongest checked result: GIMPS lists 52 known Mersenne primes, with the latest M_136279841 and provisional ordering because an interval has not been exhausted. This expanding finite list does not prove infinitude. Exact unresolved remainder: Prove that infinitely many prime exponents p make 2^p-1 prime, or prove that only finitely many do.",
  "relevance": "For Infinitely many Mersenne primes, this successor gives readable dated status prose and the exact remaining research boundary.",
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7Provenance

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Project
infinitely-many-mersenne-primes-source-review
Locator
current known-primes table and provisional-ranking note
License
CC0-1.0
Contributors
TheoremDB maintainers
Public record
R1610
Stable alias
infinitely-many-mersenne-primes-status-packet-quality-20260801
Projection
Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.

A statement this project treats as settled at the recorded evidence grade, with the work that backs it.

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