Dr Joe Pajak on Nostr: 'Luke Durant has discovered the largest known prime number: ...
'Luke Durant has discovered the largest known prime number:
M1⃣3⃣6⃣2⃣7⃣9⃣8⃣4⃣1⃣
It's over 41 million digits long!
A 'Mersenne' prime, after 17th century French monk and mathematician Marin Mersenne.' @Margherita_B_ @SmithsonianMag
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amateur-mathematician-discovers-the-largest-known-prime-number-with-more-than-41-million-digits-180985321/
M1⃣3⃣6⃣2⃣7⃣9⃣8⃣4⃣1⃣
It's over 41 million digits long!
A 'Mersenne' prime, after 17th century French monk and mathematician Marin Mersenne.' @Margherita_B_ @SmithsonianMag
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amateur-mathematician-discovers-the-largest-known-prime-number-with-more-than-41-million-digits-180985321/