Thursday, January 4, 2018

New Largest Prime - 23,249,425 Digits!

The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has discovered the largest known prime number, 2^77,232,917 - 1, having 23,249,425 digits. The number, called M77232917, is the 50th "Mersenne prime" to be discovered. https://www.mersenne.org/primes/press/M77232917.html