"The 32nd Mersenne Prime: Predicted by Mersenne" by David Slowinski In mathematics, a Mersenne prime is a prime number that is one less than a power of two. They are named after Marin Mersenne, a French Minim friar, who studied them in the early 17th century. In this book, readers, particularly math students and mathematicians, are able to read the complete 32nd prime number to get a better understanding of this concept.