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08-26-17, 07:13 AM
On 24 August 2017 11:36:16 UTC, PrimeGrid’s PPS Mega Prime Search project found the Mega Prime: 1119*2^3422189+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=123864) The prime is 1,030,185 digits long and will enter Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 200th overall. The discovery was made by Jochen Beck (dh1saj (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=25532)) of Germany using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4670 CPU @ 3.40GHz with 8GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition. This computer took about 1 hour 19 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Jochen is a member of the SETI.Germany (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=11) team. The prime was verified on 24 August 2017 20:58:29 UTC by Gerrit Slomma (roadrunner_gs (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=28785)) of Germany using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz with 6GB RAM, running Linux. This computer took about 1 hour 44 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Gerrit is a member of the Special: Off-Topic (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=1561) team. For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3422189.pdf).
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