jmblazek
12-30-2007, 01:21 PM
On 21 Dec 2007, 10:09:30 UTC, PrimeGrid’s Woodall Prime Search found the 33rd and largest known to date Woodall prime: 3752948*2^3752948-1
The prime is 1,129,757 digits long and enters The Largest Known Primes Database ranked 1st for Woodall primes and 13th overall. It’s the first found mega-digit prime using LLR.
The discovery was made by Matthew J. Thompson of the United States using an Intel P4 @ 2.8 GHz with 512MB RAM. This computer took almost 15 hours and 11 minutes to complete the primality test.
For more information, visit www.primegrid.com
The prime is 1,129,757 digits long and enters The Largest Known Primes Database ranked 1st for Woodall primes and 13th overall. It’s the first found mega-digit prime using LLR.
The discovery was made by Matthew J. Thompson of the United States using an Intel P4 @ 2.8 GHz with 512MB RAM. This computer took almost 15 hours and 11 minutes to complete the primality test.
For more information, visit www.primegrid.com