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The 39th Mersenne prime

The 39th Mersenne prime

Paperback

General Education

ISBN10: 1649191251
ISBN13: 9781649191250
Publisher: Harpercollins 360
Published: Jun 8 2020
Pages: 450
Weight: 2.28
Height: 0.91 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has discovered the largest known prime number, 282,589,933-1, having 24,862,048 digits. A computer volunteered by Patrick Laroche from Ocala, Florida made the find on December 7, 2018. The new prime number, also known as M82589933, is calculated by multiplying together 82,589,933 twos and then subtracting one. It is more than one and a half million digits larger than the previous record prime number.

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