There’s a new largest known prime number and we speak to all the key players, including the discoverer Luke Durant. Also featured in the podcast are George Woltman from GIMPS, James Grime, and Matt Parker. Extended interviews (as videos) can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIWS5Jd3k5QHdc0kxwfnZMg Matt Parker’s epic video on Stand-up Maths is here: https://youtu.be/zsyGRDrDfbI Numberphile’s main video on the discovery is here: https://youtu.be/Yp4ilFOtoeg The GIMPS press release is here: https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M136279841 GIMPS: https://www.mersenne.org More Numberphile videos on Mersenne Primes from over the year: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKsTwVXpLscZdfiiqAkkGCA Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons
There’s a new largest known prime number and we speak to all the key players, including the discoverer Luke Durant. Also featured in the podcast are George Woltman from GIMPS, James Grime, and Matt Parker.
Extended interviews (as videos) can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIWS5Jd3k5QHdc0kxwfnZMg
Matt Parker’s epic video on Stand-up Maths is here: https://youtu.be/zsyGRDrDfbI
Numberphile’s main video on the discovery is here: https://youtu.be/Yp4ilFOtoeg
The GIMPS press release is here: https://www.mersenne.org/primes/?press=M136279841
GIMPS: https://www.mersenne.org
More Numberphile videos on Mersenne Primes from over the year: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKsTwVXpLscZdfiiqAkkGCA
Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street
You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile
Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons