Free-DC
05-12-2010, 12:26 PM
On 23 Mar 2008 7:57:28 UTC, PrimeGrid, in collaboration with 321 Search, found another Mega Prime:
3*24235414-1
The prime is 1,274,988 digits long and enters The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/) ranked 14th overall. This is 321 Search's first mega prime and 11th prime overall. It is the second largest found mega-digit prime using LLR.
The discovery was made by Dylan Bennett of Canada using an Intel C2D @ 1.66 GHz with 2GB RAM. This computer took almost 15 hours and 30 minutes to complete the primality test.
For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/321-4235414.pdf). Decimal representation of the number is also available (http://www.primegrid.com/download/321n4235414.pdf).
More... (http://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread.php?id=2333)
3*24235414-1
The prime is 1,274,988 digits long and enters The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/) ranked 14th overall. This is 321 Search's first mega prime and 11th prime overall. It is the second largest found mega-digit prime using LLR.
The discovery was made by Dylan Bennett of Canada using an Intel C2D @ 1.66 GHz with 2GB RAM. This computer took almost 15 hours and 30 minutes to complete the primality test.
For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/321-4235414.pdf). Decimal representation of the number is also available (http://www.primegrid.com/download/321n4235414.pdf).
More... (http://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread.php?id=2333)