A basic feature of number theory, prime numbers are also a fundamental building block of computer science, from hashtables to cryptography.

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Prime numbers have captivated mathematicians for thousands of years—and now cloud computing is helping them chase the biggest ones yet.

List of prime numbers The prime numbers between 1 and 1,000 are: Largest prime number The largest prime number discovered so far is 2 raised to the 57,885,161st power minus 1, or 2 57,885,161 - 1 ...

The established research on this test method—as well as the distribution of prime numbers—assured them that they’d find a prime within a reasonable time frame.