Wednesday, February 6, 2013

New largest prime number found - 17 million digits would fill 28 novel-length books

It was announced yesterday that a new prime number, the largest to date, has been discovered by Dr. Curtis Cooper, a professor at the University of Central Missouri. The new prime number, which is also the 48th Mersenne prime (an extremely rare prime that is a prime number that can be written...
New largest prime number found - 17 million digits would fill 28 novel-length books

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