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Record For Largest Known Prime Number Broken By Amateur Mathematician Using Free SoftwareThe Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) looks for these Mersenne primes, allowing anyone to download software and ...
Luke Durant, a 36 year-old researcher and former NVIDIA employee, used a free program, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), to identify the new prime through an advanced algorithm.
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