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Die AMS meldete es zuerst:
PRIME NUMBER RECORD EXTENDEDEs gibt also eine neuen Rekordhalter unter den Primzahlen, die Zahl 220,996,011-1. Sie hat über 6 Millionen Ziffern.
Michael Shafer, a 26-year-old graduate student in chemical engineering, has discovered the largest known prime number. The number - 6,320,430 digits long - was discovered last month but has just been independently verified. Shafer used his computer as part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, in which over 60,000 volunteers from around the world take part. The news of this 40th known Mersenne prime is posted on the GIMPS website at http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm.
Hier noch zwei deutsche Quellen: Man kann sich im Spiegel und auf der Seite Wissenschaft.de informieren.
