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Copyright of the PrimePages' the Largest Known Primes (and related pages) is held by its Managing Editor (Reginald McLean) and Backup Editor (Rytis Slatkevičius)

This site would not have been possible without the work of Chris Caldwell, who managed this site (hosted at primes.utm.edu) from 1994-2023.

The Largest Known Primes (and related pages) consists of the List of the 5000 Largest Known Primes (and selected smaller primes), as well as the databases of previous submissions, records, and pages used to search, display and otherwise interact with these databases.  The related pages include subcollections such as The Prime Glossary, the Top Twenty, and PrimePages' Biographies.

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