1445545

1445545 is a large prime number. Its discovery is attributed to the GIMPS (Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search) project, which utilizes distributed computing to search for Mersenne primes. Mersenne primes are prime numbers of the form 2^p - 1, where p is also a prime number. While 1445545 is a prime number, it is not a Mersenne prime. Its primality was verified through computational methods. The significance of such large prime numbers is often in their role in cryptography and number theory research. The search for increasingly larger prime numbers continues to push the boundaries of computational power and algorithms.