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Over the last century-and-a-half, mathematicians found every possible multiplication table.

The largest irreducible multiplication-table, dubbed the Monster Group, contains

808017424794512875886459904961710757005754368000000000
=
2⁴⁶×3²°×5⁹×7⁶×11²×13³×17×19×23×29×31×41×47×59×71

interlocking pieces.

That’s like the number of atoms in Jupiter.

Richard Borcherds

(modified by me)

(Source: ams.org)

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