New World's Biggest Prime Number (PRINTED FULLY ON PAPER) - Numberphile
Matt Parker on the latest Mersenne Prime to take the title of "world's biggest prime". He had it printed! More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ More from this interview very...
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MATT PARKER: Ok, there is a new world record largest prime number ever just announced yesterday and today I had a special delivery, this arrived in the post. In here we have the newly discovered Mersenne prime. In here is 2 to the power of 74,207,281 (make sure I get that right) and if you actually were BRADY HARAN: Minus one? MATT PARKER: Minus one. Trivial at that size. If you were actually to print this number out it's 22 million, it's over 22 million digits. It's around 22,338,618 digits and no one would be foolish enough to get that printed and shipped to them the moment the number was announced, other than us, so let's get in there! [Cutting] MATT PARKER: There it is! There it is! This is the new world record, look at that! That is...
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MATT PARKER: Ok, there is a new world record largest prime number ever just announced yesterday and today I had a special delivery, this arrived in the post. In here we have the newly discovered Mersenne prime. In here is 2 to the power of 74,207,281 (make sure I get that right) and if you actually were BRADY HARAN: Minus one? MATT PARKER: Minus one. Trivial at that size. If you were actually to print this number out it's 22 million, it's over 22 million digits. It's around 22,338,618 digits and no one would be foolish enough to get that printed and shipped to them the moment the number was announced, other than us, so let's get in there! [Cutting] MATT PARKER: There it is! There it is! This is the new world record, look at that! That is...
