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It has been proven by Euclid that there is no such number.

Suppose a, b, c, ...., f are all the primes there are in the world.

[a*b*c*....*f ] + 1 will also be a prime, since it is not divisible by any of the primes.

This will result in a contradiction.

Hence, there is no largest prime number.
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(2 to the power of 57,885,161) minus 1
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