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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- unknown7년 이상thas a lot of money alright
- unknown7년 이상omg thats a lot of mon for just making a numaral
- Coolio7년 이상Who thinks that math ins confusing. I'm in 6th grade and it already confusing. It is probably worse in 12th grade. #Sadface
- mithzan7년 이상i do so i draw on my asignments
- fudge_10007년 이상MaGiCaL stuff
- kierbolts217년 이상Math just blows my mind.
- sugar6427년 이상who else agrees math is confusing?
- bananapower7년 이상I don`t think I get it
- bananapower7년 이상because numbers go on forever
- jakerscc1237년 이상I am going crazy!
- cold beast7년 이상dont you