Record-Breaking Prime Number, 41 Million Digits Long, Blows Mathematicians’ Mind The discovery of a new prime number highlights the rising price of mathematical gold ...

A new algorithm brings together the advantages of randomness and deterministic processes to reliably construct large prime numbers.

National One year, 41 million digits: How he found the largest known prime number Former Nvidia programmer Luke Durant used an unusual computer setup to discover a mind-bogglingly big Mersenne prime.