Marin Mersenne

Marin Mersenne, OM was a French polymath whose works touched a wide variety of fields. He is perhaps best known today among mathematicians for Mersenne prime numbers, those written in the form Mn = 2n − 1 for some integer n.

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Who was born first?

• Marin Mersenne and François de La Mothe Le Vayer were born the same year
• Marin Mersenne and Johann Heinrich Alsted were born the same year
• Marin Mersenne and Robert Filmer were born the same year
• Marin Mersenne was born 3 years after Caspar Bartholin the Elder
• Marin Mersenne was born 3 years after Uriel da Costa

Timeline

1. Caspar Bartholin the ElderFebruary 12, 1585 – July 13, 1629
2. Uriel da Costa1585 – April 1640
3. François de La Mothe Le VayerAugust 1, 1588 – May 9, 1672
4. Johann Heinrich Alsted1588 – November 9, 1638
5. Marin Mersenne (this page)September 8, 1588 – September 1, 1648
6. Robert Filmer1588 – May 26, 1653

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