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Monday, September 22, 2008

Largest Prime



Largest Known Prime Number Found

The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, a cooperative computing project, helps find a prime that has nearly 13 million digits.

I can't do it justice with the fonts available, but it is the number 2 to the power of 43,112,609, minus 1.

Cool beans.

Simply speaking 2 to the nth power minus 1.

Beautiful.

Of course, it won't be long before someone finds a bigger one so enjoy it while you can.
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12 comments:

  1. ChuckSeptember 22, 2008 11:08 PM

    Thanks Cube, I'm actually nerdy enough to think this is cool. I ove these types of things, I'm a Science channel nut. As far as the number, wwe as humans don't have the capacity to fathom a number like this.

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  2. Leslie JohnsonSeptember 23, 2008 1:01 AM

    Jeez I thought my ex-girlfriends "number" was big. 'Wwe' at The Long Downward Spiral are simply amazed. You dont get this kind of education on the Basket Weaving channel.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2008 7:09 AM

    Makes my brain hurt trying to think of the next one!

    QQ

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  4. ZSeptember 23, 2008 7:58 AM

    should I understand this?


    ruh roh!

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  5. nancSeptember 23, 2008 9:14 AM

    ohkay...*;[ color me confused.

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  6. BrookeSeptember 23, 2008 1:29 PM

    And here I think I'm doing good to balance the ol' checkbook. ;)

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  7. cubeSeptember 24, 2008 8:40 AM

    I can't help but post this kind of harmless nerdy fun.

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  8. ManthaSeptember 24, 2008 5:49 PM

    that's hot, cube.

    :-)

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  9. blankshootingSeptember 25, 2008 2:56 PM

    numbers are infinite so good luck to the next person trying to top this ... pocket calculator may not be enough for that trek :s

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  10. cubeSeptember 27, 2008 11:13 AM

    salubrina: Yes. We're on the same page.

    blankshooting: Unless you happen to have a pocket big enough to house a Cray...

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 29, 2008 1:18 AM

    suh-weet.

    I don't have to understand it to think it's cool.

    nerds UNITE!

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