Question

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a) What is the Largest known prime number till now?
b) How many digits does it contain?
c) Who founded it ?
d) When was it founded?
e) What was the method used?
f) When are we going to have a first-billion digit prime number?


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Answer in detail.

Answer 1

Great Internet Mersenne prime search announced :that a computer owned by Jonathan Pace in Germantown, Tennessee, discovered a new prime number. At 23,249,425 digits, the number, known as M77232917, is now the largest known prime.

In 2016, I wrote the following article about the previous largest known prime, which is now the second largest known prime. Its name is M74207281, and it’s about a million digits shorter than the shiny new prime. But other than a few details about whose computer found it and exactly how long it is, I could have written this article today about the new prime.

Answer 2

a.Jan. 4, 2018: On Wednesday, the Great Internet Mersenne primeSearch announced that a computer owned by Jonathan Pace in Germantown, Tennessee, discovered a new prime no.At 23,249,425 digits, the no.known.as M77232917, is now the largest prime no.
b.is 277,232,917 − 1, a number with 23,249,425 digits.Largest known prime number discovered with over 23 million digits
c.Great Internet MersennePrime Search announced that a computer owned by Jonathan Pace in Germantown, Tennessee
d.on January 4 2018(Thursday)
e. EMPLOYED METHOD is used