GIMPS's George Woltman on discovery of 52nd Mersenne Prime (Full Interview) - Numberphile

George Woltman is the founder and head of GIMPS - the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search. Here he discusses the discovery of the 52nd Mersenne Prime by Luke Durant (using GIMPS software and algorithms). More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Durant Full Interview: https://youtu.be/aJHPDGj93-w See our full playlist of Mersenne Prime videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKsTwVXpLscZdfiiqAkkGCA GIMPS: https://www.mersenne.org Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile Numberphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://www.janestreet.com We're also supported by the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (formerly MSRI): http://bit.ly/MSRINumberphile Our thanks also to the Simons Foundation: https://www.simonsfoundation.org NUMBERPHILE Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile Subscribe: http://bit.ly/Numberphile_Sub Videos by Brady Haran Numberphile T-Shirts and Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/numberphile Brady's videos subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/BradyHaran/ Brady's latest videos across all channels: http://www.bradyharanblog.com/ Sign up for (occasional) emails: http://eepurl.com/YdjL9