Newly Discovered Largest Prime Number Could Fill Up 9,000 Pages!
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On January 4, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), a group of volunteers who use freely available software to search for Mersenne prime numbers, announced the discovery of a new “largest known prime number.” For those that need a refresher, a prime number is a positive integer that can only be divided by itself and 1. Since they follow no set pattern, the numbers are hard to discover, which is probably why mathematicians are continually challenging themselves to find the next big one.
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starwars4ever8년 이하It is so cool to see that math is endless. I learned about prime numbers a few months ago!- SADIE_STAR8년 이하that is so cool I wish I could have seen them discover it.
- #large8년 이하I think thats really neat.
- cool8년 이하that is awesome
- #MathGenuis8년 이하That is amazing how they find the prime numbers.
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- jjsakg8년 이하awesome job Wilson .
- fire boy8년 이하wow
- Why bother?8년 이하Even though this is super cool, it is a waste of time.
- MATH SKILLZ8년 이하Math is supa cool.