Former Nvidia engineer discovers 41-million-digit prime — largest prime number known to man was uncovered and verified with the help of GPUs
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Former Nvidia engineer discovers 41-million-digit prime — largest prime number known to man was uncovered and verified with the help of GPUs

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The largest prime number known to man has recently been uncovered with the help of former Nvidia software engineer Luke Durant and the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS). GIMPS is a global effort to discover Mersenne primes — prime…

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