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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 5:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | New 17-million-digit monster is largest known prime |
The largest known prime number has just shot up to 2^57,885,161 - 1,breaking a four-year dry spell in the search for new, ever-larger primes. |
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 6:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New 17-million-digit monster is largest known prime |
Very impressive, but does that sort of knowledge have any sort of practical use at all? |
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| Author: | ProfessorF [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 6:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New 17-million-digit monster is largest known prime |
Well, cryptography for one. |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New 17-million-digit monster is largest known prime |
Remembering the longest Prime for memory competitions. |
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