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PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. Oh, my.

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 02:33 AM

Jan 2018

That is genuinely fascinating.

I suppose that there actually are an infinite number of prime numbers, but since it takes longer and longer to find another one, the heat death of the Universe will occur before we can find too many more.

I love stuff like this. Thank you for posting.

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GIMPS Project Discovers Largest Known Prime Number: 2**77,232,917-1 [View all] eppur_se_muova Jan 2018 OP

Oh, my. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2018 #1

Agreed its fascinating. Anon-C Jan 2018 #2

Just wanted to mention. gvstn Jan 2018 #3

Exponents are assigned to various users, who must complete them within a certain length of time, ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2018 #5

I think I understand about one tenth of your explanation. gvstn Jan 2018 #6

Well, the bottom line is that the whole process is being supervised and managed. eppur_se_muova Jan 2018 #7

I would think Mersenne primes would be the easiest to detect. gvstn Jan 2018 #8

They are ! There is a special test that applies only to Mersenne numbers. eppur_se_muova Jan 2018 #9

I've got to think about this. gvstn Jan 2018 #10

Thanks again but I still haven't gotten it. gvstn Jan 2018 #11

Mersenne numbers are special in a way that allows them to be written compactly ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2018 #12

I can die happy now. nt LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2018 #4