Tag Archives: GIMPS

Two Very Large primes

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Brent

As promised, I can now reveal the identity of the two newly discovered Mersenne primes. The smaller of the two, discovered on September 6 by Hans-Michael Elvenich in Langenfeld, Germany, is an 11,185,272-digit number which you can download here. The … Continue reading →

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New Mersenne primes!

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Brent

The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search just announced not one, but two new Mersenne primes! You might also recall the last time they announced a new prime, in September 2006, so these new primes were found almost exactly two years … Continue reading →

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