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10-01-16, 01:15 PM
On 30 September 2016, 09:27:42 UTC, PrimeGrid’s PPS Mega Prime Search project found the Mega Prime:465*2^3536871+1 (https://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=122280)The prime is 1,064,707 digits long and will enter Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (https://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 138th overall. The discovery was made by Kenneth Biscop (Kenneth (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=404472)) of Belgium using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz with 7GB RAM, running Windows 8.1. This computer took about 1 hour 33 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Kenneth is a member of the VUB/ULB (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=7876) team.The prime was verified on 30 September 2016 09:30:54 UTC, by Els Floren (Kurt Janssens (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=101741)) of Belgium using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4670 CPU @ 3.40GHz with 16GB RAM running Windows 8.1. This computer took about 1 hour 44 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3536871.pdf).
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