Former Nvidia programmer Luke Durant’s search led to the groundbreaking discovery of the world’s largest known prime number ...

The world's largest known prime number has been discovered, but we can't show it because it's so large it would take up 21 standard-sized novels to turn into text. Called M136279841, its shorthand ...

A 36-year-old man, who earlier worked as a programmer for Nvidia, spent around a year of his life and invested a considerable amount of money to discover the world's largest known prime number.

With the help of just a few thousand graphics cards spread across 17 countries' datacenters and some free software, Durant discovered the world's largest known prime number: 2 136,279,841-1.

Luke Durant, a 36-year-old former Nvidia programmer, identified the world's largest known prime number after nearly a year of ...

Former Nvidia programmer Luke Durant used an unusual computer setup to discover a Mersenne prime that is — wait for it — 41 million digits long.