A 41-million-digit prime number is the biggest ever found—but mathematicians' search for perfection will continue
Specifically, 136,279,841 ones in a row. If we stacked up that many sheets of paper, the resulting tower would stretch into ...
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World's largest known prime number discovered – and it's a doozy
The world's largest known prime number has been discovered, but we can't show it because it's so large it would take up 21 standard-sized novels to turn into text. Called M136279841, its shorthand ...
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What is the largest known prime number?
There are infinitely many prime numbers, but the biggest one we know of goes by the name M136279841 and contains more than 41 million digits. "Prime numbers are the 'atoms' of number theory ...