THE LARGEST KNOWN PRIMES This directory contains the list of largest known primes as several text files. The primes are listed one prime per line, so the list starts (in April 1994) as follows: --------------------------------------------------------------- rank prime digits who year --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2^859433-1 258716 SG 94 Mersenne ?? 2 2^756839-1 227832 SG 92 Mersenne ?? 3 391581*2^216193-1 65087 Z 89 4 2^216091-1 65050 S 85 Mersenne 31 5 2^132049-1 39751 S 83 Mersenne 30 --------------------------------------------------------------- (All of the codes.. are explained in the text at the end of the list.) FILES IN THIS DIRECTORY ----------- -------------------------------------------------- all.txt The whole list. This is a long list of about 10000 primes. short.txt All of the largest primes, plus 'interesting' smaller primes types.txt Explains some of the different types of primes on the list. ----------- -------------------------------------------------- mersene.txt A short note about the known Mersennes. ----------- -------------------------------------------------- Finger primes@math.utm.edu for ways to receive this list. The letters after the rank indicate the most recently added primes. See the last pages for information about these and other notations. Chris Caldwell primes@utm.edu caldwell@utm.edu caldwell@utmartn.bitnet