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45th and 46th Mersenne Primes Confirmed

Posted by kdawson on from the interest-rate dept.

kahunak writes to alert us that GIMPS has announced that the 45th and 46th Mersenne primes have been confirmed. The EFF's $100,000 award, for the first prime over 10 million digits in length, will probably be claimed. (We discussed no. 45 when it was announced.)

2 of 47 comments (clear)

  1. Re:So by JustOK · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hang on, I'm trying to type it in, but it takes longer because i'm using sms

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  2. Re:So by felipekk · · Score: 5, Funny

    The $100k award is not enough to cover the cost of sending the number through sms...