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A new prime number with nearly 25 million digits was discovered just in time for Christmas.
Prime number enthusiasts discover new largest prime with 22,338,618 digits.
They've done it again! GIMPS has discovered the largest known prime number: 257,885,161-1. This massive 17,425,170 digit number was discovered thanks to clever distributed computing software that uses idle computer time donated by volunteers.
The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search strikes again
In issue No 1 we introduced GIMPS, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search. Well, on Sunday 24th August 1997 they did it again.