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A distributed computing project for finding primes of the form k·2^n−1

A distributed computing project for finding primes of the form k·2^n−1

by andyhedges·Jun 17, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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24-year personal prime hunt found 73k primes including 8 with million+ digits.

Strengths
  • •24 years of continuous operation with verifiable Top 5000 list entries.
  • •73,121 confirmed primes with 8 exceeding one million digits.
  • •Runs on ordinary hardware with ambient temperature as natural scheduler.
Weaknesses
  • •Distributed prime hunting already established by GIMPS and similar projects.
  • •Limited to ~10 personal machines rather than true distributed network.
Category
Data
Target Audience

Mathematics enthusiasts and distributed computing hobbyists

Similar To

GIMPS · PrimeGrid · PrimeNet

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