rsbriggs
06-15-2005, 08:50 PM
Well, this would be a front page post, if I knew how to do that....
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SB DISCOVERS ITS 8TH PRIME!!!!
(posted by louis helm) Wednesday, 15 Jun 2005
27653 * 2^9167433 + 1 is prime!!!! This prime weighs in at 2,759,677 digits [decimal expansion available], making it the largest non-Mersenne prime ever discovered and the 5th largest currently known prime of any form. The result was submitted at 01:25:29 EST on June 8th by Derek Gordon, a member of team LEDS.
Latest Seventeen or Bust News
SB DISCOVERS ITS 8TH PRIME!!!!
(posted by louis helm) Wednesday, 15 Jun 2005
27653 * 2^9167433 + 1 is prime!!!! This prime weighs in at 2,759,677 digits [decimal expansion available], making it the largest non-Mersenne prime ever discovered and the 5th largest currently known prime of any form. The result was submitted at 01:25:29 EST on June 8th by Derek Gordon, a member of team LEDS.