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Access to hundreds of pages of award-winning information on prime numbers--with links to thousands of pages elsewhere. We host the searchable database of the 5000 largest known primes (updated weekly). We also have a glossary, top 10 records lists, prime-music, programs, free downloads, and much more! ... Prime Links...
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primes.utm.edu/
primes.utm.edu/
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On April 12th, the 47th known Mersenne prime, 242,643,801-1, a 12,837,064 digit number was found by Odd Magnar Strindmo from Melhus, Norway! This prime is the second largest known prime number, a "mere" 141,125 digits smaller than the Mersenne prime found last August.
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www.mersenne.org/prime.htm
www.mersenne.org/prime.htm
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is the largest known prime number (as of the time of this writing, May 23, 2003). In the decimal system it requires 4,053,946 digits to be written fully. Most of this page is taken up by those digits.
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www.math.utah.edu/~alfeld/math/largeprime.html
www.math.utah.edu/~alfeld/math/largeprime.html
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Largest known prime number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The largest known prime number is the largest integer that is currently known to be a prime number. It was proven by Euclid that there are infinitely many prime numbers; thus, there is always a prim...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_known_prime_number
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Question: What is the largest prime number that has been discovered? Tim Answer 1: The largest known prime is very large, running to the hundreds if not thousands of digits. New largest primes get discovered every few years.
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www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/math99/math99020.htm
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Gordon Spence, using a program written by George Woltman, has discovered what is now the largest known prime number. The prime number, 2^2976221-1, is one of a special class of prime numbers called Mersenne primes. ... The new prime number, discovered on August 24th, is 895,932 digits long - more than twice the length of...
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www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/09/970907200829.htm
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Researchers at a Missouri university have identified the largest known prime number, officials said. - ... The discovery is affiliated with the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, a global contest using volunteers who run software that searches for the largest Mersenne prime.
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www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/01/04/1136050482916.html
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A 26-year-old graduate student in the US has made mathematical history by discovering the largest known prime number. ... Prime numbers are positive integers that can only be divided by themselves and one. Mersenne primes are an especially rare type of prime that take the form 2 p-1, where p is also a prime number.
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www.newscientist.com/article/dn4438-largest-prime-numbe...
www.newscientist.com/article/dn4438-largest-prime-number-ever-is-found.html
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Fact Monster begins with a short prime number lesson, and a table of all the prime numbers between 1 and 1000. On the next page ("World's Largest Known Prime Number") is a simple explanation of Mersene primes, and the search for bigger and bigger primes.
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www.surfnetkids.com/primenumbers.htm
www.surfnetkids.com/primenumbers.htm
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