The largest currently known prime is [latex]2^{57885161}-1[/latex] – a staggering 17-million-digit Mersenne prime, discovered earlier this month by GIMPS (Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search). http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23138-new-17milliondigit-monster-is-largest-known-prime.html
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