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One year, 41M digits: How Luke Durant found the largest known prime number

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41 points ortusdux | 1 comments | 06 Nov 24 20:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
1. mrbluecoat ◴[07 Nov 24 01:35 UTC] No.42072313[source]▶
> The discovery was the result of almost exactly one year of work and about $2 million of Durant’s own money. ... The prime number Durant discovered serves no real purpose for society.

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