[C19fan]

If you want you can download the software and add your computing power to the quest.

[Scrambler Bob]

I know there is a larger prime number.

[ShadowAce]

...the new biggest Prime in the world starts with a "3" and ends with a "1."

Pi?

[lee martell]

Strange that they would use an acronym that was an old fashioned slang term for a crippled person “GIMPS”. Nobody caught it, I suppose.

[rlmorel]

“Bring out the Gimp(s)...”

[Sgt_Schultze]

I knew it was an odd number.

[Psalm 73]

"...the new biggest Prime in the world starts with a "3" and ends with a "1.""

Hmm, doesn't end with an even number - go figure....

[Pilgrim's Progress]

Could I use it for my password?

[IronJack]

the new biggest Prime in the world starts with a "3" and ends with a "1."

It was pretty much a cinch that it didn't end in 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, or 0.

[dfwgator]

42

[mrsmith]

I thought it might be in Missouri...

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Just askin’?

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[JoeProBono]

[I want the USA back]

Onward! accept the challenge to find the next greater prime number. There is an infinite number of them (you never reach the end) and there is an infinite number of numbers.

[fruser1]

I’m going to post the full number in my next post. Might take awhile to upload and slow the system down so I wanted to just warn everybody.

[fruser1]

2 ^ 74,207,281 - 1

Took a lot less time to upload than I thought!

Mersenne Primes, which the article is about, are a power of 2 minus 1.

[Blue Collar Christian]

I hope this didn’t cost us any tax dollars.

[CodeToad]

22 million is what the commercial sector has found. The NSA has primes far, far larger than that.

[WinMod70]

How did it get in Missouri? I’ve been looking for it on the east coast, never even considered looking in Missouri of all places.