(M48) NEW MERSENNE PRIME! LARGEST PRIME NUMBER DISCOVERED! - Page 32

Dubslow · 2013-02-05, 13:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by NBtarheel_33

Four hours exactly to go...but I'm going to agree with ixfd64 and make my final guess that M48 = 2^57881749-1.

Well... you're wrong.

Xyzzy · 2013-02-05, 13:52

It is up on mersenne.org!

Prime95 · 2013-02-05, 13:57

Congratulations everyone. We couldn't have done it without you!

ET_ · 2013-02-05, 13:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prime95

Congratulations everyone. We couldn't have done it without you!

The link to the press release doesn't work...

Luigi

science_man_88 · 2013-02-05, 14:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prime95

Congratulations everyone. We couldn't have done it without you!

Really sounds like all you need is curtisc lol

msft · 2013-02-05, 14:00

Congratulations!

Dubslow · 2013-02-05, 14:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by ET_

The link to the press release doesn't work...

Luigi

Ditto

http://mersenne.org/primes/various/57885161.htm

science_man_88 · 2013-02-05, 14:03

when doing my calculations I added them to the wrong number and so got a wrong result. note for next time.

butera · 2013-02-05, 14:04

The number is a bit bigger than I expected!

Xyzzy · 2013-02-05, 14:05

Thankfully a pencil and paper was handy!

Random facts:

The prime is 17,425,170 digits long. The perfect number is 34,850,340 digits long.

Digit distribution for prime:

0: 1739652
1: 1743497
2: 1739844
3: 1745602
4: 1743528
5: 1739641
6: 1742677
7: 1743436
8: 1743298
9: 1743995

retina · 2013-02-05, 14:06

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Originally Posted by davieddy

Prematurely you spilled the beans and were duly ticked of by me and Tony.
Nice to see a bit of restraint this time around

I don't remember ever breaking the unwritten rule of premature exponent exposure. Perhaps you are thinking of someone else?

I didn't see this post before. Do you have a time machine for posting in the past?

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2013-02-05, 13:52	#343
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 2×23×179 Posts	It is up on mersenne.org!

2013-02-05, 13:57	#344
Prime95 P90 years forever! Aug 2002 Yeehaw, FL 7,537 Posts	Congratulations everyone. We couldn't have done it without you!

2013-02-05, 14:00	#347
msft Jul 2009 Tokyo 2·5·61 Posts	Congratulations!

2013-02-05, 14:03	#349
science_man_88 "Forget I exist" Jul 2009 Dumbassville 2⁶×131 Posts	when doing my calculations I added them to the wrong number and so got a wrong result. note for next time.

2013-02-05, 14:04	#350
butera Oct 2012 13 Posts	The number is a bit bigger than I expected!

2013-02-05, 14:05	#351
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 2·23·179 Posts	Thankfully a pencil and paper was handy! Random facts: The prime is 17,425,170 digits long. The perfect number is 34,850,340 digits long. Digit distribution for prime: 0: 1739652 1: 1743497 2: 1739844 3: 1745602 4: 1743528 5: 1739641 6: 1742677 7: 1743436 8: 1743298 9: 1743995