With 22.3 Million Digits, New Prime Number Sets Record by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mathematicians at the University of Central Missouri have discovered a record-setting prime number that’s so large it would take about 6,000 pages of paper to print, the school announced Thursday.

Published: January 21, 2016 at 01:00PM

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