cheesewhisk3rs — 10/21/2024, 8:04:10 PM

(2^136279841)-1

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owl:

Oh hey I've seen this number recently, isn't it the highest calculated prime number or something

10/22/2024, 3:10:49 AM
pkmnq:

Yes, biggest one so far, it broke a drought of 6 years if I remember correctly

Next ones that’ll get found using the same method are probably going to be between the previous biggest and this one, so it’ll probably another long while until the next biggest prime

10/22/2024, 6:12:28 AM
owl:

How did it break a drought?

10/22/2024, 12:18:57 PM
cheesewhisk3rs:

I don’t know but I’m guessing PkmnQ meant a lack of known large prime numbers (since the last one was years ago) and not a literal drought

10/22/2024, 12:20:07 PM
pkmnq:

Yes, “drought” was just the term I saw used to describe it when I first heard about the new prime shortly before it was revealed, I probably would’ve used another term otherwise

10/22/2024, 2:10:24 PM
geo:

wow thats a very big number, crazy an amateur found it

10/21/2024, 8:51:57 PM