Prime numbers have been investigated for more than 2,000 years, since at least the era of the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid. There are infinitely many, but what is the largest known prime number?

The discovery of the largest prime number ever found has just been announced to the world. 2 136,279,841 -1, known as M136279841, was found by amateur “prime-hunter” Luke Durant on October 11 ...

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, it comes to ...

A prime number is a whole number that can only be divided by 1 and itself. A former Nvidia programmer discovered the world's largest known prime number using graphics processing units.

An amateur mathematician from San Jose, US, has discovered the largest prime number yet with over 41 million digits. Prime numbers, the building blocks of mathematics, are divisible only by ...

It’s been nearly six years since math devotees discovered the last largest known prime number, but the bar has officially been raised by over 16 million digits.On October 21, the Great Internet ...

Related: How many atoms are in the observable universe? Currently, the largest known prime number is 2 136,279,841 – 1. To calculate this number, multiply 2 by itself 136,279,841 times, and then ...

Luke Durant, a researcher and amateur mathematician, has identified the largest new prime number known to humankind. The newly discovered prime number is 2 to the power of 136,279,841, then minus one.

The discovery of the largest prime number ever found has just been announced to the world. 2 136,279,841 -1, known as M136279841, was found by amateur “prime-hunter” Luke Durant on October 11 ...