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The Man Who Found the World's Biggest Prime

The Man Who Found the World's Biggest Prime

There's a new "world's biggest prime" and we spoke to the man who found it, Luke Durant.

Also in this video are George Woltman (from GIMPS) and James Grime.

Full Durant interview: https://youtu.be/aJHPDGj93-w

Woltman Interview: https://youtu.be/9ML2q0q53io

Press release on the prime discovery: https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M136279841

The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search: https://www.mersenne.org

See our full playlist of Mersenne Prime videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKsTwVXpLscZdfiiqAkkGCA

PODCAST:  The Largest Known Prime Number

PODCAST: The Largest Known Prime Number

An Odd Property of the Sierpiński Triangle

An Odd Property of the Sierpiński Triangle