On 28 Feb 2012, 15:51:22, PrimeGrid’s 27121 Prime Search, through PRPNet and in collaboration with the 12121 Search (k=27 sister project), has found the mega prime: 27*2^3855094-1The prime is 1,160,501 digits long and enters Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database ranked 34th overall. This is PrimeGrid's 23rd mega prime.The discovery was made by Pietari Snow of Finland. More details and official announcement to come.

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