Editing David Slowinski (section)

'''David Slowinski''' is a [[mathematician]] involved in [[prime number]]s. His career highlights have included the discovery of several of the largest known [[Mersenne prime]]s:<ref>[http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/math/prime/prime_press.html Large Prime Number Found by SGI/Cray Supercomputer]</ref>
* 2<sup>44497</sup>−1 (M27) (with [[Harry L. Nelson|H. L. Nelson]]) on April 8, 1979
* 2<sup>86243</sup>−1 (M28) on September 25, 1982
* 2<sup>132049</sup>−1 (M30) on September 19, 1983
* 2<sup>216091</sup>−1 (M31) on September 1, 1985
* 2<sup>756839</sup>−1 (M32) (with [[Paul Gage|P. Gage]]) on February 17, 1992
* 2<sup>859433</sup>−1 (M33) (with P. Gage) on January 4, 1994
* 2<sup>1257787</sup>−1 (M34) (with P. Gage) on September 3, 1996
He has also written several textbooks on the subject.

Slowinski was a software engineer for [[Cray Research]].<ref>"Slowinski, a software engineer for Cray Research Inc. in Chippewa Falls, discovered the number at 11:36 a.m. Monday. [i.e. 1983 September 19]" [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=roFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VRIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1717%2C4841183 Jim Higgins, "Elusive numeral's number is up" and "Scientist finds big number" in ''The Milwaukee Sentinel'' - Sep 24, 1983, p. 1], [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=roFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VRIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4379%2C4887110 p. 11] [retrieved 2012-10-23]</ref>