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		New Mersenne Prime discovered (probably) (mersenne.org)
		2 points by gpcr1949 37 days ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

dasnab 37 days ago [–]

This is likely to be a record-breaking prime (largest prime number discovered so far), and the first one in 6 years - and according to the GIMPS forum, probably the first record-breaking prime discovered using a GPU :)

Exciting times!

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