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New Mersenne Prime discovered (probably) | Better HN
New Mersenne Prime discovered (probably)
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gpcr1949
1y ago
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dasnab
1y ago
This is likely to be a record-breaking prime (largest prime number discovered so far), and the first one in 6 years - and according to the GIMPS forum, probably the first record-breaking prime discovered using a GPU :)
Exciting times!
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