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02-10-17, 05:27 PM
On 9 February 2017, 17:56:42 UTC, PrimeGrid’s PPS Mega Prime Search project found the Mega Prime:533*2^3362857+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=122908)The prime is 1,012,324 digits long and will enter Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 203rd overall. The discovery was made by Hans-Jürgen Bergelt (Hans-Jürgen Bergelt (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=139913)) of Germany using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz with 8GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition. This computer took about 1 hour 18 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Hans-Jürgen is a member of the SETI.Germany (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=11) team.The prime was verified on 10 February 2017, 00:06:03 UTC by Steve King (steveking (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=448042)) of the United States using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHz with 20GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 10 Professional Edition. This computer took about 1 hour 20 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3362857.pdf).
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