New Largest Prime Found: Over 7 Million Digits 305
Gilchrist continues "If you want to see the number in written in decimal, Perfectly Scientific, Dr. Crandall's company which developed the FFT algorithm used by GIMPS, makes a poster you can order containing the entire number. It is kind of pricey because accurately printing an over-sized poster in 1-point font is not easy! Makes a cool present for the serious math nut in your family.
For more information, the press release is available.
Congratulations to Josh and every GIMPS contributor for their part in this remarkable find. You can download the client for your chance at finding the next world record prime! A forum for newcomers is available to answer any questions you may have.
GIMPS is closing in on the $100,000 Electronic Frontier Foundation award for the first 10-million-digit prime. The new prime is 72% of the size needed, however an award-winning prime could be mere weeks or as much as few years away - that's the fun of math discoveries, said GIMPS founder George Woltman. The GIMPS participant who discovers the prime will receive $50,000. Charity will get $25,000. The rest will be used primarily to fund more prime discoveries. In May 2000, a previous participant won the foundation's $50,000 award for discovering the first million-digit prime."
Legit uses for Mersenne Primes (Score:5, Funny)
But Pseudoprimes? Probability of primeness? Hah! You people cut corners!
Even primes (Score:4, Funny)
So... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Even primes (Score:3, Funny)
harrumph (Score:5, Funny)
Say all you will, but Optimus is still the ultimate prime.
Re:I hate to be a pushover... (Score:5, Funny)
Notice I said it's an attempt, I didn't say it would work;)
My Hashtable (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Even primes (Score:3, Funny)
Proof of that will require a recalled grey market Pentium 1 with an FDIV "feature" added to it.
All math people wishing to prove / find your number must also "upgrade"
Hey, this is very important....... (Score:5, Funny)
I knew it (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not in this case... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:wow (Score:2, Funny)
What happen ? (Score:2, Funny)
Somebody set up us the prime.
That poster is a scam! (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah sure. (Score:1, Funny)
so.. anyone got a clue on how long it will take on my good old Pentium Pro 200?
Here is the whole number! (Score:5, Funny)
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Sorry
fermat was here (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Who gives a shit (Score:1, Funny)
That's the theory anyway.
But once you enter slashdot.org in your address bar you are doomed.
I will verfiy on my 66mhz running windows 3.11 (Score:5, Funny)
Call me Fermat (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:CS Majors Unite (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I hate to be a pushover... (Score:4, Funny)
Kinda kicks you in the ass when people say "ok, what good is it?"
I know what good it is. It's a way of keeping 'scientists' employed (scientific welfare) so they don't pollute the job and gene pools.
I'm considering doin research on the 'how', 'why', and 'classification' of belly button lint. I'm sure there's a government funded grant in it. We REALLY NEED TO KNOW THESE THINGS 'just in case' they are usefull in the future.
Yeah, let's keep the scientists out of the gene pool, maybe even replace them with Christian Scientists(tm). I mean, why would we want people to have even the slightest hint of intellegence, I mean, the public, dear lord. You should let the current administration know you have devised such an excellect scheme for them...
Not that I'm saying this guy is a scientist, but whatever... Oh yeah, and you're a troll, but I couldn't help myself.
Wow... (Score:3, Funny)
That primate must have big hands...
Re:I hate to be a pushover... (Score:5, Funny)
Teacher: Ok class, your homework for tomorrow is to find a Mersenne prime longer than 1,000,000 digits. *By hand*. I don't want to see any computer printouts.
Class: *Groan*
Re:In case you missed it (Score:3, Funny)
Phew, crisis averted. Good job!
Re:Please! I have I higher prime. (Score:2, Funny)
3765761637264764023 divides it.
IAAM.
YAW
Re:Yeah, but (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Even primes (Score:5, Funny)
When it is found.. (Score:3, Funny)
When it is found that computer will be wondering: 1 $100.000 hookerbot or 100.000 $1 hookerbots?
Re:I hate to be a pushover... (Score:5, Funny)
Wait, I didn't tell that right.
Re:I hate to be a pushover... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Even primes (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I hate to be a pushover... (Score:4, Funny)
In other words, it's not the size of your prime number, it's how you use it that counts.
Re:I hate to be a pushover... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I hate to be a pushover... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:fun with python! (Score:3, Funny)
>>> math.floor(math.log(2**24036583-1,2))
24036583.0
I assume you realize that any number of the form 2^n -1 is going to take n bits to represent.
Re:I hate to be a pushover... (Score:2, Funny)
Sadly, you've been beaten to it. [abc.net.au]
text file? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:In case you missed it (Score:2, Funny)
Moderators, please tell me what is going on in your little heads. I really want to know. It's not hard to moderate properly, you know... You have the opportunity to motivate your actions, but I suspect you wont take it. You'll just mod me down instead, thinking that is a good substitute for explaining your actions.
heheh (Score:3, Funny)
What? (Score:3, Funny)
Not even the slightly more tame Prime Number Pooping Bear? [surfeu.fi]
Re:fermat was here (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Last digit is a 7 (Score:1, Funny)
Kant you tell?
Re:Legit uses for Mersenne Primes (Score:4, Funny)