Largest known prime number, 2018

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Animation of the largest known prime number, as of early 2018. A prime number is divisible only by itself and one. This prime is equal to two to the power of 77, 232, 917, minus one. Primes that are a power of two minus one are known as Mersenne primes. This number was found by the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) on 26th December 2017. The number itself has 23, 249, 425 digits. The previous record holder was discovered in January 2016, and had a mere 22, 338, 618 digits. There are an infinite number of prime numbers.
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