{"product_id":"largest-known-prime-number","title":"largest known prime number","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is no longer the largest known prime number. The Mersenne project announced the discovery of a larger prime number on October 21, 2024. We have already published a new edition with the newly discovered number.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA prime number is a natural number greater than 1 with no divisors other than 1 and itself. According to Euclid's theorem there are infinitely many prime numbers, so there is no largest prime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe largest known prime number (as of March 2024) is 2\u003csup\u003e82,589,933\u003c\/sup\u003e - 1, a number which has 24,862,048 digits when written in base 10. It was found via a computer volunteered by Patrick Laroche of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere we present that number printed, in all its digits, in a single volume.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Philipi Schneider","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46337042743532,"sku":"9786501195544","price":58.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9786501195544.jpg?v=1764426966","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/largest-known-prime-number","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}