Largest known prime number - Wikipedia
The largest known prime number is 2 136,279,841 − 1, a number which has 41,024,320 digits when written in the decimal system. It was found on October 12, 2024 on a cloud-based virtual machine volunteered by Luke Durant to the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS).
Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search - PrimeNet
5 天之前 · October 21, 2024 — The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has discovered a new Mersenne prime number, 2 136279841 -1. At 41,024,320 digits, it eclipses by more than 16 million digits the previous largest known prime number found by GIMPS nearly 6 …
World’s largest known prime number found by former Nvidia ...
2024年11月1日 · Former Nvidia programmer Luke Durant’s search led to the groundbreaking discovery of the world’s largest known prime number in nearly six years.
The Biggest Prime Number Ever Found Is a New Milestone in ...
2024年11月18日 · And third, it is to date the largest prime number ever discovered in a mathematical quest with a history going back more than 2,000 years. The discovery that this number (known as M136279841 for short) is a prime was made on October 12 by Luke Durant, a 36-year-old researcher from San Jose, California.
Mersenne Prime Number discovery - 2 136279841 -1 is Prime!
3 天之前 · BLOWING ROCK, NC, October 21, 2024-- The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has discovered the largest known prime number, 2 136,279,841-1, having 41,024,320 decimal digits. Luke Durant, from San Jose, California, found the prime on October 12th.
Amateur mathematician finds the new largest prime number
2024年11月7日 · Luke Durant, a researcher and amateur mathematician, has identified the largest new prime number known to humankind. The newly discovered prime number is 2 to the power of 136,279,841, then...
An Amateur Just Found The Largest Prime Number Ever
2024年10月24日 · Amateur number detective Luke Durant (a researcher and former employee of the software company NVIDIA) recently found the biggest prime ever discovered: 2 136,279,841 -1, now also known as...