AMDave
08-09-2014, 01:36 AM
New MEGA prime and World Record Fermat Divisor!
On 24 July 2014, 8:47:48 UTC, PrimeGrid’s Mega Prime Search found a world record prime Fermat divisor:193*2^3329782+1 Divides F(3329780) (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=118254)The prime is 1,002,367 digits long and enters Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 1st for prime Fermat divisors and 98th overall. It is also a new record for "weighted" prime Fermat divisors.The discovery was made by Raymond Ottusch (RaymondFO* (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=185653)) of the United States using an Intel Core i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz with 12 GB RAM running Microsoft Windows 7 Professional. This computer took about 1 hour 11 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Raymond is a member of the Sicituradastra. (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=1596) team.In addition to being verified internally, the prime was also verified on 28 Jul 2014, 5:02:21 UTC by John Christy (John Christy (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=143201)) of the United States using an Intel Xeon CPU E31220 @ 3.10GHz with 8 GB RAM running Linux. This computer took about 1 hour and 24 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.For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3329782.pdf).
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On 24 July 2014, 8:47:48 UTC, PrimeGrid’s Mega Prime Search found a world record prime Fermat divisor:193*2^3329782+1 Divides F(3329780) (http://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=118254)The prime is 1,002,367 digits long and enters Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database (http://primes.utm.edu/primes) ranked 1st for prime Fermat divisors and 98th overall. It is also a new record for "weighted" prime Fermat divisors.The discovery was made by Raymond Ottusch (RaymondFO* (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=185653)) of the United States using an Intel Core i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz with 12 GB RAM running Microsoft Windows 7 Professional. This computer took about 1 hour 11 minutes to complete the primality test using LLR. Raymond is a member of the Sicituradastra. (http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=1596) team.In addition to being verified internally, the prime was also verified on 28 Jul 2014, 5:02:21 UTC by John Christy (John Christy (http://www.primegrid.com/show_user.php?userid=143201)) of the United States using an Intel Xeon CPU E31220 @ 3.10GHz with 8 GB RAM running Linux. This computer took about 1 hour and 24 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.For more details, please see the official announcement (http://www.primegrid.com/download/mega-3329782.pdf).
More... (http://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread.php?id=5849)