Largest prime number ever know !
The largest prime number till found in
243112609 – 1 ( mersenne primes )
This number was discovered by G1 year 2008 . This number has total of 12978189 digits . Landon Curt Noll computed the decimal value of this prime with calc and the English name with number.
Here is the top 10 mersenne primes known
| rank | prime | digits | who | when | reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 243112609-1 | 12978189 | G10 | 2008 | Mersenne 47?? |
| 2 | 242643801-1 | 12837064 | G12 | 2009 | Mersenne 46?? |
| 3 | 237156667-1 | 11185272 | G11 | 2008 | Mersenne 45? |
| 4 | 232582657-1 | 9808358 | G9 | 2006 | Mersenne 44? |
| 5 | 230402457-1 | 9152052 | G9 | 2005 | Mersenne 43? |
| 6 | 225964951-1 | 7816230 | G8 | 2005 | Mersenne 42? |
| 7 | 224036583-1 | 7235733 | G7 | 2004 | Mersenne 41 |
| 8 | 220996011-1 | 6320430 | G6 | 2003 | Mersenne 40 |
| 9 | 213466917-1 | 4053946 | G5 | 2001 | Mersenne 39 |
| 10 | 26972593-1 | 2098960 | G4 | 1999 | Mersenne 38 |
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Posted on Thursday,April 5, 2012, in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
Fundamental maths Concepts 
#10 on your list is wrong – its 19249 x 2^13018586 + 1, digits: 3918990 , 2007
Well a interesting thing about primes is the ulam spiral . You may chech it out