Largest known prime number
= Largest known prime number
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As of my last knowledge update in October 2023, the largest known prime number is \\(2^\{82,589,933\} - 1\\). This prime number was discovered on December 7, 2018, as part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project. It has 24,862,048 digits. Please verify this information with a current source, as new prime numbers could have been discovered since then.