Mersenne Prime Discovery - 2^136279841-1 is Prime!
16 hours ago · It is over 16 million digits larger than the previous record prime number, in a special class of extremely rare prime numbers known as Mersenne primes. It is only the 52nd …
Largest known prime number - Wikipedia
A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 with no divisors other than 1 and itself. Euclid's theorem proves that for any given prime number, there will always be a higher one, …
Amateur mathematician finds the new largest prime number
Nov 7, 2024 · Luke Durant, a researcher and amateur mathematician, has identified the largest new prime number known to humankind. The newly discovered prime number is 2 to the …
A 41-million-digit prime number is the biggest ever found
Nov 14, 2024 · Professor John Voight from the University of Sydney looks at the most recent discovery of a Mersenne prime number, the largest yet found, and ponders the beauty of the …
The Largest Known Primes - PrimePages
4 days ago · Home page for the lists of the largest known primes. Updated hourly, these pages contain research, records and results, on primes numbers, their discoverers and the software …
Largest known prime - Googology Wiki
Dec 17, 2025 · The most efficient known algorithm for finding large prime numbers is the Lucas-Lehmer test, which tests Mersenne primes. Thus the largest known primes have been …
This latest record-breaking prime number takes 237 days to read
Oct 24, 2024 · A massive discovery has sparked calculated excitement in the maths world: the record for the highest prime number ever has been broken. A prime number can only be …
An Amateur Just Found The Largest Prime Number Ever
Oct 24, 2024 · Amateur number detective Luke Durant (a researcher and former employee of the software company NVIDIA) recently found the biggest prime ever discovered: 2 136,279,841 …
Prime Numbers: The Search for the Largest Mersenne Primes
May 31, 2025 · The current record holder, discovered in October 2024 by retired programmer Luke Durant, is a staggering 41 million digits long. This Mersenne prime—named …
List of largest known primes and probable primes - Wikipedia
The table below lists the largest currently known prime numbers and probable primes (PRPs) as tracked by the PrimePages and by Henri & Renaud Lifchitz's PRP Records.