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Largest prime number

January 12 , 2018 2379 days 1101 0
  • A very big number over 23 million digits long has discovered to be the “largest known prime number”.
  • This numberwas discovered using a software called GIMPS.
  • A prime number is a number that can only be divided by itself and by 1. For example: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and so on.
  • Prime number are used in Cryptography (the study of secret messaging, involves sharing information via secret codes), credit cards, cell phones, all depend on cryptography.

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