Board index › General Discussion › News and Current Events

13 million digit prime number

Page 1 of 1 [ 5 posts ] 

Previous topic | Next topic

Alaspi
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 25 Mar 2008
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Posts: 893
Location: Seattle

28 Sep 2008, 7:05 pm

Wow. I just got the news... kind of cool.

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.htm ... page_id=34


_________________
Never hug tomorrow someone you could hug today.

Hugging is natural, organic, naturally sweet, free of pesticides and preservatives. Hugging contains no artificial ingredients. It's 100% wholesome. No calories, no caffeine, no nicotine.


jrknothead
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 3 Aug 2007
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,423

28 Sep 2008, 7:10 pm

there's a thread on this already- http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt78407.html



richie
Supporting Member
Supporting Member

User avatar

Joined: 9 Jan 2007
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Posts: 30,142
Location: Lake Whoop-Dee-Doo, Pennsylvania

28 Sep 2008, 7:53 pm

jrknothead wrote:
there's a thread on this already- http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt78407.html

There is one more thread on this over in the math, computers, science and technology forum...


_________________
Life! Liberty!...and Perseveration!!.....
Weiner's Law of Libraries: There are no answers, only cross references.....
My Blog: http://richiesroom.wordpress.com/


Alaspi
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 25 Mar 2008
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Posts: 893
Location: Seattle

28 Sep 2008, 8:00 pm

I must have missed it. Thanks for letting me know. I guess it is just that cool. :twisted:


_________________
Never hug tomorrow someone you could hug today.

Hugging is natural, organic, naturally sweet, free of pesticides and preservatives. Hugging contains no artificial ingredients. It's 100% wholesome. No calories, no caffeine, no nicotine.


twoshots
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 26 Nov 2007
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,731
Location: Boötes void

28 Sep 2008, 10:04 pm

It's a Mersenne, isn't it...


_________________
* here for the nachos.