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Record For Largest Known Prime Number Broken By Amateur Mathematician Using Free Software
The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) looks for these Mersenne primes, allowing anyone to download software and ...
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41-million-digit prime crunched by datacenter GPUs
it's solid proof of just how much compute power we've been sitting on with modern GPUs. Durant spotted the 52nd Mersenne ...
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Former Nvidia programmer discovers world's largest prime number
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 ...