Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:distributed_computing_project
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:GIMPS
gptkbp:award	monetary prizes for discoveries
gptkbp:focusesOn	gptkb:Mersenne_primes
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:George_Woltman
gptkbp:globalPresence	true
gptkbp:goal	discover new Mersenne primes
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:includedIn	gptkb:Prime95
gptkbp:largestPrimeDiscovered	2^82,589,933−1 (as of 2018)
gptkbp:launchDate	1996
gptkbp:method	distributed computing
gptkbp:notableFinds	largest known prime numbers
gptkbp:numberOfMersennePrimesDiscovered	17 (as of 2023)
gptkbp:participants	volunteers worldwide
gptkbp:platform	gptkb:Windows gptkb:macOS gptkb:Linux
gptkbp:productType	volunteer computing
gptkbp:relatedTo	prime number research
gptkbp:software	freeware
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:PrimeNet
gptkbp:website	https://www.mersenne.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Mersenne_primes
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS)