This is exciting news, and smashes the old P-1 record of 42 digits by almost 8%, log-wise.
Keep in mind that P-1 difficulty is *far* worse than THETA(log(factor)).
What exactly it is I'm trying to remember.
In any event, I second the congrats to George and the discoverer!
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