Free-DC
05-12-2010, 12:26 PM
The Prime Sierpinski Project has discovered their second mega prime: 258317*2^5450519+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=85350). It is 1640776 digits long and will rank as the 12th largest known prime. The project has now found 17 primes total. There are only 12 primes left to solve the Prime Sierpinski Problem. For more information, please see this forum post (http://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread.php?id=891&nowrap=true#9820).
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