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Allan Joseph Champneys Cunningham




He spent the rest of his life studying Number Theory . He applied his expertise to finding Factor s of large numbers of the form an ± bn, such as Mersenne Numbers (2^p-1) and Fermat Numbers (2^{2^n}+1). His work is continued in the Cunningham Project .


REFERENCES

  • A.E. Western, ''J. London Math. Soc.'' 317–318 (1928)



EXTERNAL LINKS

  • http://www.numbertheory.org/obituaries/LMS/cunningham/