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   robinhouston (robinhouston@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Oct-2024 01:31:32 JST robinhouston

   I found out the exponent of the new Mersenne prime before it’s been officially announced, and I feel as though I’m in possession of a deep, dark secret.

   I hope I’m not giving too much away if I remark that in base 10 it has a number of digits that is a multiple of 80, which means it scrolls very neatly down a standard-width terminal.

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     robinhouston (robinhouston@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Oct-2024 01:32:20 JST robinhouston

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     The cat's out of the bag: I can relax now. https://www.mersenne.org/

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     robinhouston (robinhouston@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Oct-2024 01:41:27 JST robinhouston

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     • Matt Parker

     I'm amused to see that @standupmaths's video on this newly-discovered prime actually makes use of the property I mentioned in my first post: that it fits neatly into an 80-column terminal window.

     https://youtu.be/zsyGRDrDfbI?si=LN6wLfMkKIfEtXC_

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     robinhouston (robinhouston@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Oct-2024 01:41:28 JST robinhouston

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     As for how I found out ahead of time: someone jumped the gun and added it prematurely to Wikipedia. The edit was quickly reverted, but it remained in the history.

     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Largest_known_prime_number&diff=prev&oldid=1251490380

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