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As of 2021, the longest known Prime number is 2^82,589,933 − 1, a number with 24,862,048 digits. This prime number was discovered on December 7, 2018, by the Great internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project. Prime numbers are numbers greater than 1 that can only be divided by 1 and themselves, making them a fundamental concept in number theory and cryptography.
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How long is the longest prime number?
The largest known prime number is 17,425,170, although technically, there is no largest possible prime number. To this day, mathematicians are still searching for higher prime numbers.
The longest string of factors for a number?
The prime factorization.
How do you know when you have found the longest string of factors for a number?
When all the factors are prime.
How many digits are in the largest known prime number?
As of August 2017, the largest known prime number is 2^74,207,281 − 1, a number with 22,338,618digits.
What is the number of digits for largest prime number?
As of August 2017, the largest known prime number is 2^74,207,281 − 1, a number with 22,338,618digits.I attached a link with the 100 largest known prime numbers, there you can see the number of digits.
