Hans Riesel
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 11 years ago |
| Date of birth | May 28,1929 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Stockholm |
| Sweden | |
| Date of died | December 21,2014 |
| Books | Prime numbers and computer methods for factorization |
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| ID | 875312 |
Hans Riesel Life story
Hans Ivar Riesel was a Swedish mathematician who discovered the 18th known Mersenne prime in 1957, using the computer BESK: this prime is 2³²¹⁷-1 and consists of 969 digits. He held the record for the largest known prime from 1957 to 1961, when Alexander Hurwitz discovered a larger one.
