Apr 23, 2009
The H&FJ Institute for Unapplied Mathematics
The world’s largest known prime number is 243112609-1 (12,978,189 digits), but how large is that? H&FJ crunched some numbers to find out how long it would be set in type. In 12pt Courier, it’s around 33 km, or about 20.5 miles.
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