The World’s Newest, Longest Prime Number Is Over 17 Million Digits Long
The world’s largest prime number just got much, much bigger. Say hello to 257,885,161-1, a prime number that is over 17 million characters long when written out in full—enough to fill 13,000 pages of A4 paper. According to New Scientist, it breaks a four-year dry spell which saw no new prime numbers being found. It…
