Which Is the Largest Known Prime Number?

💡 The Answer

• The largest known prime is a Mersenne prime, discovered via distributed computing.
• As of 2024, it is 2^82,589,933 − 1, with over 24 million digits.
• Mersenne primes follow the form 2^p − 1, where p is also prime.
• The search for larger primes continues with projects like GIMPS.