Note
Access to this page requires authorization. You can try signing in or changing directories.
Access to this page requires authorization. You can try changing directories.
"A team of researchers at Central Missouri State University has discovered the largest known prime number, university officials said Tuesday. "
...The team programmed 700 university computers to run the program years ago, Boone said. In mid-December, he said they found the world's largest prime number, known as M30402457. That's the same as 2 to the 30,402,457th power minus one, a number that is 9.1 million digits long.
"We're super excited," said Boone, a chemistry professor. "We've been looking for such a number for a long time."
Cool. Now what?
Via Jaz (who looks like a muppet).
Comments
- Anonymous
January 12, 2006
The comment has been removed - Anonymous
April 03, 2007
The comment has been removed