Hacker News
- GIMPS Discovers Largest Known Prime Number: 2^136279841 – 1 https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M136279841 11 comments
- New Mersenne Prime discovered (probably) https://www.mersenne.org/ 120 comments
- M(57885161) verified as 48th Mersenne Prime https://www.mersenne.org/ 116 comments
- All Mersenne prime exponents below 100m tested at least once https://www.mersenne.org/report_milestones/ 28 comments
- GIMPS Project Discovers Largest Known Prime Number https://www.mersenne.org/primes/press/M77232917.html 108 comments
- Largest Known Prime, 49th Known Mersenne Prime Found http://www.mersenne.org/#resubmit 2 comments
- 2^74207281-1 is Prime http://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M74207281 124 comments
- Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search http://www.mersenne.org/ 3 comments
- 48th Mersenne prime found http://www.mersenne.org/various/57885161.htm 110 comments
Lobsters
- New Largest Known Prime Number is Discovered by GIMPS (the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search) https://www.mersenne.org/ 74 comments programming
- Florida man finds new prime https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=m82589933 5 comments math
- GIMPS finds 51st known Mersenne prime https://mersenne.org/primes/?press=m82589933 145 comments math
- The largest ever prime number has just been discovered, which is 23 249 425 digits long. https://www.mersenne.org/primes/press/m77232917.html 2313 comments worldnews
- The largest ever prime number, which is a whopping 23249425 digits long, has just been discovered. Called the M77232917. The new prime number belongs to the special group, the Mersenne prime numbers, and is the 50th Mersenne prime to have been discovered https://www.mersenne.org/primes/press/m77232917.html 23 comments science
- 50th Known Mersenne Prime Discovered https://www.mersenne.org/primes/press/m77232917.html 57 comments programming
- 50th known Mersenne prime found https://mersenne.org/primes/press/m77232917.html 221 comments math
- The largest known prime number is 22,337,618 digits long and the reward for finding a prime greater than 100 million digits is $150,000. How long till the next will be found? https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=m74207281 178 comments math
- Silly fun with the largest known prime M74207281 http://www.mersenne.org/ 85 comments math
- Why can't bitcoin proof of work be productive? http://www.mersenne.org/ 38 comments compsci
- New largest prime number was recently found. What can it be used for? http://www.mersenne.org 7 comments askscience
- New largest known prime number: Mersenne discovery http://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=m74207281 32 comments crypto
- 49th Mersenne prime discovered, largest prime to date. http://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=m74207281 41 comments worldnews
- 49th Mersenne Prime Found (M74207281) http://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=m74207281 217 comments math
- M(32582657) confirmed to be the 44th Mersenne Prime (all lower candidates tested and double-checked) http://www.mersenne.org/?new=true 68 comments math
- 48th Known Mersenne (Largest Known) Prime Number Discovered http://www.mersenne.org/various/57885161.htm 4 comments science
- The 48th known Mersenne Prime has been found http://www.mersenne.org/various/57885161.htm 67 comments compsci
- Distributed computing project discovers largest prime number http://mersenne.org/ 15 comments technology
- Reddit needs its own Prime Number. 47 must belong to us... http://www.mersenne.org/ 4 comments technology
- 2^43,112,609-1 and 2^37,156,667-1 are prime! http://mersenne.org/m45and46.htm 33 comments math
- 45th and 46th known Mersenne Primes discovered. Both have over 10 million digits. http://mersenne.org/ 42 comments science
- 45th Mersenne prime possibly found, undergoing verification http://mersenne.org/prime.htm 12 comments science
- Join the search for the next mersenne prime! http://mersenne.org/ 24 comments math
Linking pages
- Mersenne Prime Discovery - 2^74207281-1 is Prime! https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=m74207281 468 comments
- Volunteer discovers a new 17 million-digit prime number | Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/02/volunteer-discovers-a-new-17-million-digit-prime-number/ 320 comments
- Mersenne Prime Discovery - 2^57885161-1 is Prime! http://www.mersenne.org/various/57885161.htm 181 comments
- Mersenne Prime Discovery - 2^82589933-1 is Prime! https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=m82589933 150 comments
- World’s largest prime number discovered -- all 17 million digits | Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/02/05/worlds-largest-prime-number-discovered/ 142 comments
- Mersenne Prime Discovery - 2^74207281-1 is Prime! http://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M74207281 124 comments
- Primecoin: The Cryptocurrency Whose Mining is Actually Useful - Bitcoin Magazine - Bitcoin News, Articles and Expert Insights http://bitcoinmagazine.com/primecoin-the-cryptocurrency-whose-mining-is-actually-useful/ 110 comments
- Mathematicians Discover the Perfect Way to Multiply | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/mathematicians-discover-the-perfect-way-to-multiply/ 70 comments
- Largest known prime number discovered in Missouri - BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35361090 66 comments
- The World Has A New Largest-Known Prime Number : NPR https://www.npr.org/2018/12/21/679207604/the-world-has-a-new-largest-known-prime-number 59 comments
- The largest known prime number has emerged. It has more than 23 million digits. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-largest-known-prime-number-has-emerged-it-has-more-than-23-million-digits/2018/01/12/e641cef0-f6e2-11e7-beb6-c8d48830c54d_story.html 47 comments
- Geekipedia | WIRED http://www.wired.com/culture/geekipedia/magazine/geekipedia/string_theory_smackdown 35 comments
- Mersenne Prime Discovery - 2^43112609-1 is Prime! http://mersenne.org/m45and46.htm 33 comments
- Largest prime number discovered – with more than 23m digits | Mathematics | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jan/04/largest-prime-number-discovered-with-more-than-23m-digits 16 comments
- Mersenne Prime Discovery - 2^136279841-1 is Prime! https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M136279841 12 comments
- The Largest Prime Number to Date Has Been Discovered, And It's 22 Million Digits Long : ScienceAlert http://www.sciencealert.com/the-largest-prime-number-to-date-has-been-discovered-and-it-s-22-million-digits-long 11 comments
- Largest known prime number discovered in Missouri - BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35361090?ocid=socialflow_twitter 10 comments
- Scott Aaronson on Philosophical Progress - Machine Intelligence Research Institute http://intelligence.org/2013/12/13/aaronson/ 9 comments
- Largest prime number yet discovered has 22 million digits | Mathematics | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/science/alexs-adventures-in-numberland/2016/jan/19/largest-prime-number-yet-discovered-has-22-million-digits 7 comments
- An Ancient Greek Algorithm Could Reveal All-New Prime Numbers : ScienceAlert http://www.sciencealert.com/an-ancient-greek-algorithm-could-be-the-key-to-finding-new-prime-numbers 4 comments