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The largest known prime number: The 52nd Mersenne prime

The largest known prime number: The 52nd Mersenne prime

Paperback

General Mathematics

ISBN10: 6501195543
ISBN13: 9786501195544
Publisher: Ninety Three
Published: Oct 21 2024
Pages: 960
Weight: 4.80
Height: 1.89 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 with no divisors other than 1 and itself. According to Euclid's theorem, there are infinitely many prime numbers, so there is no largest prime.


On October 12, 2024, the GIMPS (Great internet Mersenne Prime Search) discovered 52nd Mersenne prime, the number 2136279841 - 1, which has 41,024,320 digits and is now the largest known prime number.

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