Free-DC
09-07-2016, 12:40 PM
On 29 August 2016, 10:26:22 UTC, PrimeGrid’s PPS Mega Prime Search project found the Mega Prime:491*2^3473837+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=122104)The prime is 1,045,732 digits long and will enter Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (https://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 154th overall. The discovery was made by Stephen Norton (spnorton (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=440147)) of the United States using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz with 16GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64 Edition. This computer took about 55 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Stephen is a member of the Alien Prime Cult (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=8037) team.For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3473837.pdf).
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