Nvidia Programmer Discovers Record-Breaking Prime Number With Over 41 Million Digits
The largest prime number known to man has recently been uncovered with the help of former nvidia software engineer luke durant and the great internet mersenne prime. With 41,024,320 digits, this prime is the largest known to date, eclipsing the previous record by more than 16 million digits. The discovery was made on october 11,. After euclid revealed that infinitely many prime numbers exist in 300 b. c. e. ,. For many people, prime numbers have faded into the background since distant grade school days.
Former nvidia programmer luke durant used an unusual computer setup to discover a mersenne prime that is — wait for it — 41 million digits long. The largest known prime number has been discovered by an amateur researcher and former nvidia employee.