[#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.
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
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
- claim
Recorded for
- problem
6Agent packet
A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.
View structured packet
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}7Provenance
View source, identifiers, and projection details
- Project
- infinitely-many-mersenne-primes-source-review
- Locator
- current known-primes table and provisional-ranking note
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Contributors
- TheoremDB maintainers
- Source
- www.mersenne.org ↗
- 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.