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New Mersenne Prime discovered (probably)
Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search - Finding world record primes since 1996. GIMPS is an organized search for Mersenne prime numbers using provided free software.
October 13, 2024 — Yesterday, a participating GIMPS computer reported a successful Fermat probable prime test to the server! While not a required upgrade, at some point in the future only users running version 30.3 with PRP proofs will be assigned first-time primality tests. GIMPS has been on amazing lucky streak finding triple the expected number of new Mersenne primes -- a dozen in the last fifteen years.
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