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09-16-17, 07:07 AM
On 15 September 2017, 11:01:15 UTC, PrimeGrid’s PPS Mega Prime Search project found the Mega Prime:1127*2^3427219+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=123892)The prime is 1,031,699 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 Randall Scalise (Randall J. Scalise (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=8634)) of the United States using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590 CPU @ 3.30GHz with 6GB RAM, running Linux. This computer took about 1 hour 13 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. The prime was verified on 15 September 2017, 22:09:16 UTC by Hans-Jürgen Bergelt (Hans-Jürgen Bergelt (https://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=139913)) of Germany using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3960X CPU @ 3.30GHz with 8GB RAM, running Microsoft Windows 7. This computer took about 1 hour 49 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.For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3427219.pdf).
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