Specifically, 136,279,841 ones in a row. If we stacked up that many sheets of paper, the resulting tower would stretch into ...

Record-Breaking Prime Number, 41 Million Digits Long, Blows Mathematicians’ Minds ...

Former Nvidia programmer Luke Durant’s search led to the groundbreaking discovery of the world’s largest known prime number ...

That certainly hasn’t stopped mathematicians —both professional and amateur—from trying to ferret out new ones. In fact, in 1996, computer scientist George Woltman started a project known as the Great ...

The largest known prime number has been discovered, smashing the previous record by more than 16 million digits.

It’s been nearly six years since math devotees discovered the last largest known prime number, but the bar has officially been raised by over 16 million digits. On October 21, the Great Internet ...

Luke Durant, a researcher and amateur mathematician, has identified the largest new prime number known to humankind. The newly discovered prime number is 2 to the power of 136,279,841, then minus one.

Prime sections are intended to create a sense of community within the department, and encourage collaboration amongst students with an aptitude for mathematics. The Department of Mathematics' own Dr.

Former Nvidia programmer Luke Durant used an unusual computer setup to discover a Mersenne prime that is — wait for it — 41 million digits long.