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42nd Mersenne Prime Confirmed

Posted by Zonk on from the wooo-party dept.

Jazzer_Techie writes "The possible Mersenne Prime discovered last week has now been confirmed. This prime has 7,816,230 digits, which makes it not only the largest Mersenne Prime, but also the largest prime of any kind ever discovered. For those who don't want to take time to read the article, the prime is 2^25,964,951 - 1."

4 of 296 comments (clear)

  1. Uh ohhh by Skiron · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    SCO are looking at legal action due to them copying, publishing AND comfirming their binary Linux code...

  2. Re:Mersenne GIMPS FAQ by psb777 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Good post but poor moderation: Now one can get moderated "insightful" by claiming an insight but declining to say what the insight is.

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  3. Re:Might not be the 42nd largest by psb777 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Very poor moderation: This posting is OBVIOUSLY incorrect.

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    Paul Beardsell
  4. Re:prime post by Radio+Shack+Robot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Klerck, it's good to see you. You old scumbag you!

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