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The Largest Prime Number to date known
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11-13-2003, 12:03 AM
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empu
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It is true that prime numbers play an important role in modern cryptography. It is also true that this particular prime number is somewhat akin to a 100 million megaton bomb as far as practical cryptography is concerned.
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