22 Jan 2018

Largest Mersenne Prime Number Discovered

From Afternoons, 2:19 pm on 22 January 2018
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Tennessee man Jonathan Pace has discovered the largest known Mersenne prime number. He tells us why he took up the search and what the discovery means to him.

 

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