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09-28-2008, 01:21 AM
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Re: UCLA group discovers massive prime number
It wasn't in the article, but it's described as 13 million digits long. I don't know if it could be displayed in a single post. Perhaps displayed as an equation, but who knows.
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09-28-2008, 05:47 AM
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Re: UCLA group discovers massive prime number
lol yeah im thinking the same thing
 . I am curious what its applications are for but ah well my head might explode if you would explain it to me
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09-28-2008, 06:17 AM
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Re: UCLA group discovers massive prime number
Probably the easiest way to displasy it in a single post is as the formula (as before):
Mn = 2P-1, where M is the Mersenne prime, n, is the numeric value of the prime generating the Mersenne prime, as is P, the power. In this case P is 43,112,609 i.e. M = (2 to the power 43,112,609) - 1 Mersenne primes are a subset of primes within which Mn can only be a prime if n is also a prime. Just to note that this one was actually discovered 23 August, but only announced in September, in addition to the prime for 37,156,667 which was discovered 6 September. Right, off to have breakfast 
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09-28-2008, 08:39 AM
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Re: UCLA group discovers massive prime number
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