Thursday, February 07, 2013

Largest Prime Number Known Is 17-Million Digits Long, Mathematician Says

Largest Prime Number Known Is 17-Million Digits Long, Mathematician Says:

 ""It's analogous to climbing Mt. Everest," said George Woltman, the retired, Orlando, Fla.-based computer scientist who created GIMPS. "People enjoy it for the challenge of the discovery of finding something that's never been known before.""


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