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    Aug 29, 2008, 12:45 PM
    For all The Maths nerds out there... AKA How large a Prime number do you want.
    The 45th Mersenne prime discovered (possibly)

    Fans of bountiful digits may soon be rocked by the potential discovery of the 45th known Mersenne prime. Details are still pretty scarce, but on August 23, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) said a computer participating in the project has reported to have found the record-breaking number.

    45th Mersenne prime discovered (possibly) | The Register
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    Aug 29, 2008, 01:10 PM
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    The 45th Mersenne prime may qualify for a $100,000 prize offered by the Electronic Frontier Foundation to anyone who discovers a prime number with at least 10 million digits. If GIMPS claims the reward, it plans to donate $25,000 to charity and give a large portion to the participant that discovered the prime number.
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    Aug 29, 2008, 01:13 PM
    That is why I deleted my post about that. I see they had it in the site.
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    Aug 29, 2008, 01:14 PM
    Either way amazingly awesome...
    What gets me is that they have only found (possibly) 45 primes and yet the number is so large as to be unimaginable.
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