In numbers
2007-05-24 15:32:17 · 11 answers · asked by Ryoma Echizen 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
This is like asking what is the largest number. There is no largest number because you can always add 1.
2007-05-24 15:35:42 · answer #1 · answered by A confused bio student 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://www.mersenne.org/
2^32,582,657 - 1
And if you dont believe them, you can add 2 to that number and start applying the sieve of Eratosthenes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes
Seriously though, the other people posting are right that there is no largest prime but that is the largest number known to be prime to humans(per last website update I suppose).
2007-05-24 15:43:40 · answer #2 · answered by kay185 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Apparently, this is the largest known prime number in the world
m39 = 213,466,917-1
I can't make sense of it, maybe you can.
2007-05-24 15:36:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There isn't any because the number of primes is
infinite.
2007-05-24 15:36:57 · answer #4 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is no largest prime number. Euclid proved this.
2007-05-24 15:34:34 · answer #5 · answered by 1,1,2,3,3,4, 5,5,6,6,6, 8,8,8,10 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
there are an infinite amount of numbers. therefore making it impossible to specify a "largest" any kind of number.
2007-05-24 15:35:30 · answer #6 · answered by swimmer99 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In this world? Why not the galaxy? Or the Universe?
It hasn't been found.
2007-05-24 15:34:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
nobody knows, everyone know that numbers are infinite....
2007-05-24 17:09:20 · answer #8 · answered by iluvkikyam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.math.utah.edu/~alfeld/math/largeprime.html
2007-05-24 15:35:23 · answer #9 · answered by badoil_49 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hello they're still looking for it.
2007-05-24 15:35:43 · answer #10 · answered by madbaldscotsman 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋