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On Jan. 25, 2013, the largest known Prime number, 257,885,161-1, was discovered on Great internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) volunteer Curtis Cooper's computer. The new prime number, 2 multiplied by itself 57,885,161 times, less one, has 17,425,170 digits.
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What is the place value of the highest known prime number?
The largest prime number yet discovered has 17,425,170 digits. That does not have a specific name. Perhaps you could come up with one.
What is the highest known prime number?
On Jan. 25, 2013 the largest known prime number, 257,885,161-1, was discovered on Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) volunteer Curtis Cooper's computer. The new prime number, 2 multiplied by itself 57,885,161 times, less one, has 17,425,170 digits.
What is the highest prime number known to man?
It is not known to man because that number range is infinite.
What is the product of the lowest and highest prime numbers?
We can't answer this if you don't provide a range since new higher prime numbers get discovered every year or so. Since the lowest prime number is 2, the product will be whatever the highest prime number is doubled.
Who invented latest prime number?
Prime numbers are discovered, as they exist as part of number theory. As of April 2011, the largest known prime number is 243,112,609 − 1. This number was discovered in 2008 by Edson Smith, a systems administrator at UCLA.
What is the biggest prime number known up to date?
257,885,161 -1 as of 2013. New primes are being calculated all the time, so this will change as new and larger ones are discovered. Also, note that there are infinitely many primes (proved by Euclid around 300 BCE), so there won't ever be a single "highest" prime, only the highest one known.
Who discovered the biggest prime number?
On Jan. 25, 2013, the largest known prime number, 2^57,885,161-1, was discovered on Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) volunteer Curtis Cooper's computer.
What is the highest prime number above 53?
Perhaps what you mean to ask "What is the next prime number above 53?". One cannot tell, as numbers are indeed infinite, what the highest prime number is. There is a team of scientists that, not too long ago, discovered a twelve-digit (I think twelve) prime number. Prime numbers, like numbers, are infinite and there is no way, therefore, to assess a 'highest' nor a 'lowest' numeral.
The highest known prime number?
243112609-1. It has almost 13 million digits.
What is the highest four-digit prime number?
The highest four-digit prime number is 9,973.
What are the lowest prime number and the highest prime number between 1 and 100?
The lowest prime number is 2. The highest prime number less than 100 is 97.
Who was the mathematician who discovered the largest prime number that exists?
It has been proven that there is no largest prime number. You can find a list of the largest KNOWN prime numbers here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_known_prime_number
