George Woltman is the founder and head of GIMPS - the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search. Here he discusses the discovery of the 52nd Mersenne Prime by Luke Durant (using GIMPS software and algorithms). More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓

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