Science Man spent $2 million to find new largest prime number M136279841 is over 41 million digits. Andrew Paul Published Oct 24, 2024 11:31 AM EDT ...

The discovery of the largest prime number ever found has just been announced to the world. 2 136,279,841 -1, known as M136279841, was found by amateur “prime-hunter” Luke Durant on October 11 ...

The largest known prime number has been discovered, smashing the previous record by more than 16 million digits.