The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has discovered the largest known prime number, 2 77,232,917-1, having 23,249,425 digits.A computer volunteered by Jonathan Pace made the find on ...

It was a program that Pace had installed on one of the minister’s computers that was automatically assigned to check this specific prime number candidate, and after working for six days, it ...

There’s a new largest known prime number in town, with a whopping 23,249,425 digits. The figure is calculated by multiplying 2 by itself 77,232,917 times and then subtracting 1.

The largest known prime number has been discovered by an amateur researcher and former Nvidia employee. The new number is 2 136,279,841 – 1, which beats the previous title holder (2 82,589,933 ...