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-gum8년 이하that is unusual i thought that numbers never ended
rainbowpie148년 이하They 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.😀
- cccnnm28년 이하that number has to take FOREVER to read and write
princess200088년 이하wow that is cool i love reading it becuse it takes like five min
fridaybarnes8년 이하Wow. I love prime numbers, and I wonder, is this a happy prime?- J.D.8년 이하Does anyone know the type of science this is
elijahwood2nd8년 이하its not science needs math to survive
stephencurry38년 이하thats cool- lion8년 이하that's really cool
- lion8년 이하ahem...WAT
- mr8년 이하This is really cool, and inspired me to look up the full number. Its kinda long
- silly 8년 이하i like it