Background
Source: Wikipedia
David Slowinski is a mathematician involved in prime numbers. His career highlights have included the discovery of seven Mersenne primes: 244497−1 (M27) (with H. L. Nelson) on April 8, 1979 286243−1 (M28) on September 25, 1982 2132049−1 (M30) on September 19, 1983 2216091−1 (M31) on September 1, 1985 2756839−1 (M32) (with P.
