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New Mersenne Prime discovered (probably)
(
mersenne.org
)
2 points
by
gpcr1949
614 days ago
1 comments
dasnab
614 days 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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Exciting times!