GIMPSOctober 21, 2024 — The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has discovered a new Mersenne prime number, 2136279841-1. At 41,024,320 digits, it eclipses by more than 16 million digits the previous largest known prime number found by GIMPS nearly 6 years ago. Luke Durant, GIMPS most prolific contributor using free GIMPS software, proved the number prime on October 12. After notifying the GIM
