largest known prime (1 Viewer)

[buchanan]

A new Mersenne prime, 2^43,112,609-1 has been found on August 23, 2008 on Edson Smith's computer and is the largest known prime to date and has 12,978,189 digits 316,470,269,...,511 which you can download at http://prime.isthe.com/no.index/chongo/merdigit/long-m43112609/prime-c.html
It is the first discovery of a prime with more than 10,000,000 digits and hence the $100,000 prize can thus be claimed.
There is another prize for the first discovery of a prime with more than 100,000,000 digits for $150,000.
More info on these prizes are at http://www.eff.org/awards/coop
More info on this discovery is at http://www.mersenne.org

(Edson Smith)

 

[Omium]

There is another prize for the first discovery of a prime with more than 100,000,000 digits for $150,000.
More info on these prizes are at http://www.eff.org/awards/coop
More info on this discovery is at http://www.mersenne.org

(Edson Smith)

100 000 001 ?

 

[tacogym27101990]

100 000 001 ?

thats got 9 digits

 

[Schribez]

thats got 9 digits

owned lol

 

[buchanan]

It's in the SMH now:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technolo...mber-discovered/2008/09/29/1222650973074.html

 

[tacogym27101990]

wait so its all done on computers?
what do the people actually do then??

 

[tommykins]

回复: Re: largest known prime

prime numbers is used in cryptology in banks n shiz.

 

[m00]

i put that number into my calculator and got a math error!
its all a hoax!

 

[buchanan]

I suspect your calculator can only handle about 100 digits, not 12,978,189.

Perhaps you could try a computer instead.

 

[Gay Captain]

can't you always find a new prime by multiplying every currently known prime from 2 to the currently highest known prime, and then add 1

if so, why are there prizes for finding them? :s

 

[buchanan]

Don't praise that lord too loudly.

If the only primes I knew about were 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, I could make an equation

2x3x5x7x11x13+1=59x509

 

[trailblazer]

A new Mersenne prime, 2^43,112,609-1 has been found on August 23, 2008 on Edson Smith's computer and is the largest known prime to date and has 12,978,189 digits 316,470,269,...,511 which you can download at http://prime.isthe.com/no.index/chongo/merdigit/long-m43112609/prime-c.html
It is the first discovery of a prime with more than 10,000,000 digits and hence the $100,000 prize can thus be claimed.
There is another prize for the first discovery of a prime with more than 100,000,000 digits for $150,000.
More info on these prizes are at http://www.eff.org/awards/coop
More info on this discovery is at http://www.mersenne.org

(Edson Smith)

Edson Smith, more like Mr.Ockert. LOL.
That guy really looks like a teacher from my school.

 

[buchanan]

He's not a teacher. He's not even a mathematician. He's an IT support staff (System Administrator) for UCLA's Maths Department.

 

[conics2008]

infinity ^ infinity