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M136279841 is now largest known prime number

The largest known prime number is 2136,279,841 − 1, a number which has 41,024,320 digits when written in base 10. It was found in October 2024 by a computer volunteered by Luke Durant to the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS).

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