Bryant Tuckerman
| Bryant Tuckerman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 28, 1915 Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Died | May 19, 2002 (aged 86) Briarcliff Manor, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions |
Cornell University Oberlin College |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University Antioch College |
Louis Bryant Tuckerman, III (November 28, 1915 – May 19, 2002) was an American mathematician, born in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was a member of the team that developed the Data Encryption Standard (DES).
He studied topology at Princeton, where he invented the Tuckerman traverse method for revealing all the faces of a flexagon.
Also, on March 4, 1971, he discovered the 24th Mersenne prime, a titanic prime, with a value of
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