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01-18-12, 10:33 AM
On 17 Jan 2012 20:24:07 UTC, PrimeGrid’s Mega Prime Search, through PRPNet, found the Mega Prime: 81*2^3352924+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=103953)The prime is 1,009,333 digits long and enters Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 42nd overall. This prime is also a Generalized Fermat prime and ranks as the 6th largest found.The discovery was made by Micha

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