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Amateur Effort Finds New Largest Prime Number
A tiny portion of the 48th Mersenne prime, a number more than 17 million digits long; written as text, the entire number is a 22.5MB file.
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The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project has scored its 14th consecutive victory, discovering the largest prime number so far.
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