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What Is the Largest Known Prime Number?
š” The Answer
- As of 2024, the largest known prime is a Mersenne prime.
- It equals 2 raised to the power 82,589,933 minus 1.
- Discovered via the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS).
- This prime contains over 24 million decimal digits.
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