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PrimeGrid Record Woodall prime number found... again!

 
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:15 am    Post subject: PrimeGrid Record Woodall prime number found... again! Reply with quote


On 20 Aug 2007, 2:40:57 UTC, PrimeGrid’s servers returned a positive result in the Woodall Prime Search. It was the double
check validating that a Woodall prime was found on 13 Aug 2007, 1:42:08 UTC.
2367906*22367906-1
This is the 32nd and largest known to date Woodall prime. It is 712818 digits long and enters The Largest Known Primes Database
(http://primes.utm.edu/primes/) ranked 1st for Woodall primes and 25th
overall.
The discovery was made by Stephen Kohlman of Canada using an Intel C2D 6300 @ 1.86 GHz with 1 GB RAM. This computer took a little
over 5 hours and 41 minutes to test using the LLR program. Stephen is a member of Team Canada.

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Source: PrimeGrid
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