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)
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