import java.math.BigInteger; public class Mersenne { public static boolean isPrime(int p) { if (p == 2) return true; else if (p <= 1 || p % 2 == 0) return false; else { int to = (int)Math.sqrt(p); for (int i = 3; i <= to; i += 2) if (p % i == 0) return false; return true; } } public static boolean isMersennePrime(int p) { if (p == 2) return true; else { BigInteger m_p = BigInteger.ONE.shiftLeft(p).subtract(BigInteger.ONE); BigInteger s = BigInteger.valueOf(4); for (int i = 3; i <= p; i++) s = s.multiply(s).subtract(BigInteger.valueOf(2)).mod(m_p); return s.equals(BigInteger.ZERO); } } // an arbitrary upper bound can be given as an argument public static void main(String[] args) { int upb; if (args.length == 0) upb = 500; else upb = Integer.parseInt(args[0]); System.out.print(" Finding Mersenne primes in M[2.." + upb + "]:\nM2 "); for (int p = 3; p <= upb; p += 2) if (isPrime(p) && isMersennePrime(p)) System.out.print(" M" + p); System.out.println(); } }