Record-Breaking Prime Number, 41 Million Digits Long, Blows Mathematicians’ Minds ...

Former Nvidia programmer Luke Durant’s search led to the groundbreaking discovery of the world’s largest known prime number ...

The first breakthrough in finding prime numbers for over 25 years has mathematicians celebrating, with hopes that the techniques behind the new proof could further advance other areas of maths ...

The world's largest known prime number has been discovered, but we can't show it because it's so large it would take up 21 standard-sized novels to turn into text. Called M136279841, its shorthand ...

There are infinitely many prime numbers, but the biggest one we know of goes by the name M136279841 and contains more than 41 million digits. "Prime numbers are the 'atoms' of number theory ...

A basic feature of number theory, prime numbers are also a fundamental building block of computer science, from hashtables to cryptography. Everyone knows that a prime number is one that cannot be ...

The largest known prime number has been discovered, smashing the previous record by more than 16 million digits.

Former Nvidia programmer Luke Durant used an unusual computer setup to discover a Mersenne prime that is — wait for it — 41 million digits long.

Luke Durant, a 36-year-old former Nvidia programmer, identified the world's largest known prime number after nearly a year of effort. His discovery, named M136279841, spans 41,024,320 digits and ...

SHAPIRO: What do the numbers two, three, five, seven, 11 and 13 have in common? SUMMERS: OK, luckily, I know this one. They are all prime. And if you keep going higher - like, way, way, way higher - ...

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