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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starwars4ever7년 이상It is so cool to see that math is endless. I learned about prime numbers a few months ago!- SADIE_STAR7년 이상that is so cool I wish I could have seen them discover it.
- #large7년 이상I think thats really neat.
- cool7년 이상that is awesome
- #MathGenuis7년 이상That is amazing how they find the prime numbers.
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- jjsakg7년 이상awesome job Wilson .
- fire boy7년 이상wow
- Why bother?7년 이상Even though this is super cool, it is a waste of time.
- MATH SKILLZ7년 이상Math is supa cool.