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.
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
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.
I assume you mean twin prime. It is currently unknown whether or not there are an infinite number of twin primes in which case there would be no largest twin prime. The largest discovered is 65516468355 · 2333333 ± 1 (so the bigger of the two is 65516468355 · 2333333 + 1).
73 is prime.
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.
we probably haven't discovered the "largest" prime number... but the NEXT largest prime number after 79 is 83
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
Galileo discovered Jupiter's four largest moons, including Ganymede, the largest.
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.
It has not yet been discovered because numbers are infinite
2 multiplied by itself 57,885,161 times, less one.
While 230402457 - 1 was the largest known prime when it was discovered, there really is no 'largest' prime number. It can be proven that the set of prime numbers is infinite, so we will never be able to label one as the largest.
Galileo discovered Jupiter's 4 largest moons, the Galilean moons. The largest moon's name is Ganymede.
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.
I assume you mean twin prime. It is currently unknown whether or not there are an infinite number of twin primes in which case there would be no largest twin prime. The largest discovered is 65516468355 · 2333333 ± 1 (so the bigger of the two is 65516468355 · 2333333 + 1).
First number.
73 is prime.