There are a few special things about it. First, it's a prime number (meaning it is only divisible by itself and one). Second, ...

First, it's a prime number (meaning it is only divisible by itself and one). Second, it's what is called a Mersenne prime (we'll get to what that means). And third, it is to date the largest prime ...

The historic finding is classified as a Mersenne prime, which is named after the French monk Marin Mersenne, who studied these numbers more than 350 years ago. Mersenne primes are a rare kind of ...

The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) looks for these Mersenne primes, allowing anyone to download software and ...

Durant used the sophisticated software of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), running on a cloud computer network distributed over 17 countries. The record for the largest prime is ...

His discovery, named M136279841, spans 41,024,320 digits and is the 52nd known Mersenne prime, highlighting advancements in computational capabilities. "I recognized that the GIMPS community has ...

This colossal number beats the previous record-holder by 16 million digits, found by the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project a month ago. GIMPS is a collective of volunteers who ...

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