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New largest prime

Accepted submission by looorg at 2024-10-21 23:58:46 from the 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29 ... dept.
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looorg [soylentnews.org] writes:

https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M136279841 [mersenne.org]

The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has discovered the largest known prime number, 2136,279,841-1, having 41,024,320 decimal digits. Luke Durant, from San Jose, California, found the prime on October 12th.

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