95339...99999 (23216-digits)
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GIMPS
has discovered a new
largest known prime number
: 2
82589933
-1 (24,862,048 digits)
9534*10^23212-1 has 7 more digits than the February 9, 1979 world record
prime
and yet it is so easy to construct! You start with the
prime
9533 then simply append 23212 9's and you have this
prime
. See
proof
. [
Burns-Proth
]
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