How a Church Deacon Found the Biggest Prime Number Yet (It Wasn’t as Hard as You Think) by VALENCIA PRASHAD

By VALENCIA PRASHAD The Memphis area man used the church computer to discover a Mersenne prime with over 23 million digits. He had been looking for 14 years. Published: January 25, 2018 at 07:00PM from NYT Science http://nyti.ms/2GkVq9S