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The largest known prime number

The largest known prime number

Paperback

Conceptual ArtGeneral Mathematics

ISBN10: 6502222722
ISBN13: 9786502222720
Publisher: Ninety Three
Published: Jul 13 2026
Pages: 952
Weight: 4.76
Height: 1.88 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 with no divisors other than 1 and itself. According to Euclid's theorem, there are infinitely many prime numbers, so there is no largest prime.

On October 12, 2024, the GIMPS (Great internet Mersenne Prime Search) discovered 52nd Mersenne prime, the number 2136279841 - 1, which has 41,024,320 digits and is now the largest known prime number.

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