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Welcome to GIMPS the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search 21362798411 is the New Largest Known Prime Number October 21 2024 The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search GIMPS has discovered a new Mersenne prime number21362798411. At 41024320 digits it eclipses bymore than 16 million digits the previous largest known prime number found by GIMPSnearly 6 years ago. Luke Durant GIMPS most prolific contributor using free GIMPS software proved the number prime on October 12. After notifyingthe GIMPS server GIMPS began a rigorous process of independently confirming the prime number on several different hardware platforms using severaldifferent programs.