AMDave
10-20-2014, 05:23 AM
PPS MEGA Prime Found!
On 23 September 2014, 17:30:36 UTC, PrimeGrid’s Mega Prime Search found the Mega Prime: 179*2^3371145+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=118611) The prime is 1,014,819 digits long and enters Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 105th overall. The discovery was made by John Christy (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=143201) of the United States using an Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31220 @ 3.10GHz with 8GB RAM running Linux. This computer took about 1 hour 27 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. John is a member of the USA (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=111) team. The prime was verified on 23 September 2014, 21:47:43 UTC, by Patrick Martin (ptube974 (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=134634)) of the United States using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz with 8 GB RAM running Linux. This computer took about 4 hours and 22 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Patrick is a member of the Overclock.net (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=2353) team. The prime was reported to The Largest Known Primes Database by Patrick following a period of non-reporting by the discoverer . For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3371145.pdf).
More... (http://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread.php?id=5939)
On 23 September 2014, 17:30:36 UTC, PrimeGrid’s Mega Prime Search found the Mega Prime: 179*2^3371145+1 (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=118611) The prime is 1,014,819 digits long and enters Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 105th overall. The discovery was made by John Christy (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=143201) of the United States using an Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31220 @ 3.10GHz with 8GB RAM running Linux. This computer took about 1 hour 27 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. John is a member of the USA (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=111) team. The prime was verified on 23 September 2014, 21:47:43 UTC, by Patrick Martin (ptube974 (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=134634)) of the United States using an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz with 8 GB RAM running Linux. This computer took about 4 hours and 22 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Patrick is a member of the Overclock.net (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=2353) team. The prime was reported to The Largest Known Primes Database by Patrick following a period of non-reporting by the discoverer . For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3371145.pdf).
More... (http://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread.php?id=5939)