Gigantic prime

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Gigantic prime is a term coined by Samuel Yates, denoting a prime number of at least 10,000 decimal digits.

For example:

[p = 3507!-1 ] is a gigantic prime with 10912 digits.

See also

• Titanic prime

External links

• [The Largest Known Primes]
• , [Gigantic Prime] at MathWorld.

   

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