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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gum-gum7년 이상that is unusual i thought that numbers never ended
rainbowpie147년 이상They do never end, however, they very rarely can find huge prime numbers like this as most people don't take the time to come up with such large numbers and then check if they're prime. Hope that helped.😀
- cccnnm27년 이상that number has to take FOREVER to read and write
princess200087년 이상wow that is cool i love reading it becuse it takes like five min
fridaybarnes7년 이상Wow. I love prime numbers, and I wonder, is this a happy prime?- J.D.7년 이상Does anyone know the type of science this is
elijahwood2nd7년 이상its not science needs math to survive
stephencurry37년 이상thats cool- lion7년 이상that's really cool
- lion7년 이상ahem...WAT
- mr7년 이상This is really cool, and inspired me to look up the full number. Its kinda long
- silly 7년 이상i like it