dataset website , code repository

  • Reginald McLean
  • Chris Caldwell

The central database acts as a “Guinness book” of prime number records. This list includes the 5000 largest known primes and smaller ones of selected forms updated hourly. Also includes:

  • The first 1,000 primes and first 50,000,000 primes.
  • Lists of top 20 records (e.g., twin primes, Mersenne primes…).
  • Small random primes up to 300 digits.
  • The smallest titanics with special forms.
  • A glossary of definitions related to prime numbers
  • The theory behind how these record primes are found and proven.
  • A FAQ about prime numbers.
  • A short note about the Riemann hypothesis.
  • A history of the largest known prime by year.
  • A dictionary of prime number trivia.