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rangerrebew

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The largest known prime number has 23 million-plus digits
« on: January 07, 2018, 07:53:14 am »

The largest known prime number has 23 million-plus digits
An electrical engineer from Tennessee made the discovery
by Laurel Hamers
7:00am, January 5, 2018
 

There’s a new largest known prime number in town, with a whopping 23,249,425 digits. The figure is calculated by multiplying 2 by itself 77,232,917 times and then subtracting 1. Announced on January 3, the number is almost a million digits longer than the last record-breaking prime.

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/largest-known-prime-number-has-23-million-plus-digits
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Re: The largest known prime number has 23 million-plus digits
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2018, 08:07:44 am »
Care to write it out long-hand?
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