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Science Thirty-mile long prime number found: Biggest ever
Science Thirty-mile long prime number found: Biggest ever | Thirty-mile long prime number found: Biggest ever |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Sunday, 21 September 2008 | |
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Page 3 of 3 Members of the GIMPS project are now eligible to be awarded the $100,000 prize from EFF for finding a prime number over 10 million digits in length. Featured Whitepaper
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Science DiscussionsThe Scientific American article quotes Smith: “We thought it would be a good thing to use to get undergraduates interested in computational mathematics." Smith adds, "It’s been sort of off my radar for quite some time, because frankly it’s such well-written software that it doesn’t need any maintenance. And in my business, you put something in, and if it doesn’t require any maintenance you just let it go.” |
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