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.' @NewSparkes @NewScientist @Margherita_B_ @SmithsonianMag
https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M136279841Published at
2024-10-26 11:10:54Event JSON
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