Posted on 09/27/2008 10:46:45 PM PDT by Hugin
LOS ANGELES - Mathematicians at UCLA have discovered a 13-million-digit prime number, a long-sought milestone that makes them eligible for a $100,000 prize.
The group found the 46th known Mersenne prime last month on a network of 75 computers running Windows XP. The number was verified by a different computer system running a different algorithm.
"We're delighted," said UCLA's Edson Smith, the leader of the effort. "Now we're looking for the next one, despite the odds."
It's the eighth Mersenne prime discovered at UCLA.
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How about the next double prime?
= the future budget deficit under the new “bailout” plan.
What kind of discovery is this? Despite the face-lifts, I thought everyone knew Nancy Pelosi's age.
Last four digits, please. Hehehe.
Advancement of knowledge, it’s a good thing.
I suppose everybody needs a hobby.
Your tax dollars at work.
= the future budget deficit under the new bailout plan.
LOL. Good one.
... all these properties are in effect virtually included in the definitions of all things; and ultimately, through being infinite, are perhaps but one in their essence and in the Divine mind. Nor is all the above entirely unknown to the human mind either, but it is clouded with deep and dark mists ...
Galileo, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Nice, but there aren't enough anythings in the universe to require this number.
10 ^ 80 = rough number of atoms in the universe.
Now (10^80)^(10^80) (aka. n^r, combinations of all possible atoms) ..... now that's a pretty big number.
Sounds like they are trying to keep up with federal government budget numbers.
Encryption.
Look fellas... I am all for advancing knowledge and science and all that, but what conceivable use is this?
It is only a 7mb file. If you were to print it out it would be 30 miles long.
Here are the beginning and ending numbers:
069,796,526,896,992,714,533,916,586,100,982,161,432,847,095,260,772,468,976, 300,922,163,813,220,547,622,737,533,935,773,144,198,401,090,881,704,330,335, 043,549,486,152,369,831,733,815,027,580,239,035,988,062,294,725,662,796,036, 430,404,603,797,104,080,094,780,187,964,611,916,125,722,170,480,223,444,030, 170,990,135,342,744,200,649,605,770,806,529,207,004,273,040,508,697,849,329, 813,330,535,648,225,105,656,017,515,529,229,967,146,130,201,790,595,943,320, 193,294,404,395,764,363,329,884,337,463,280,017,019,184,392,102,058,364,063, 819,184,868,544,616,153,598,252,073,167,656,593,647,561,750,763,651,662,164, 473,317,115,178,422,313,446,971,525,935,117,490,393,625,854,513,939,689,730, 508,130,108,173,836,910,486,443,644,495,480,741,222,836,717,951,612,319,639, 117,347,603,364,559,343,682,281,720,627,361,481,211,699,838,921,530,830,129, 940,202,890,663,440,017,027,752,522,063,260,357,435,325,890,319,477,288,142, 273,441,180,636,853,308,953,339,021,266,401,278,434,841,199,946,582,689,472, 514,673,644,767,071,397,046,564,458,342,930,260,959,538,270,901,981,392,375, 329,380,129,002,726,311,061,630,385,404,464,169,686,738,535,538,971,824,383, 043,799,711,798,451,539,990,235,881,343,951,801,597,371,392,639,811,710,642, 608,668,412,777,283,752,608,704,248,602,692,609,987,083,890,385,880,389,535, 496,851,965,708,669,021,027,294,372,683,780,891,476,177,247,171,427,036,286, 986,575,682,301,542,283,348,485,318,460,398,216,305,161,408,304,432,450,751, 334,456,105,605,343,800,813,829,273,393,200,392,619,509,770,102,949,999,811, 483,314,004,921,497,520,874,489,097,783,729,825,258,039,949,688,444,455,875, 562,818,918,052,653,845,058,246,957,612,374,309,714,531,047,118,640,088,249, 431,242,919,449,966,220,406,764,181,825,705,477,506,201,165,691,199,322,044, 806,713,466,065,675,440,317,353,002,868,253,137,534,948,884,150,609,398,995, 827,405,535,187,632,518,761,076,072,811,137,725,055,204,063,164,381,419,281, 392,965,167,348,082,648,503,562,994,834,228,673,655,684,002,323,488,452,776, 117,110,029,412,474,931,787,637,642,777,915,802,316,217,167,194,067,737,651, 773,932,948,279,555,898,949,337,765,458,369,768,096,003,726,199,619,436,625, 514,976,350,186,567,092,236,936,019,128,510,481,722,196,224,854,655,596,703, 492,962,314,690,534,215,123,406,371,230,585,184,539,828,511,467,648,826,901, 286,998,851,641,125,539,220,981,774,220,919,856,067,500,005,686,312,219,488, 210,071,225,322,280,192,311,866,004,745,954,194,819,242,285,285,900,609,404, 813,734,174,819,595,557,143,351,888,770,914,917,574,741,635,326,479,251,236, 652,644,900,671,617,031,082,401,426,789,452,610,765,771,237,725,617,938,416, 326,749,190,126,633,687,042,988,765,692,233,718,889,225,140,315,145,615,230, 951,981,850,170,703,164,007,350,866,024,545,372,853,163,344,818,205,189,856, 590,980,839,242,889,413,236,776,218,314,746,180,967,849,076,922,293,200,131, 486,642,670,513,386,874,648,428,151,096,167,277,470,212,604,599,801,977,157, 003,642,078,897,074,850,080,364,836,118,727,808,998,376,722,840,281,803,017, 969,798,308,614,854,082,739,417,953,900,152,788,884,972,365,587,344,147,572, 436,645,702,170,147,551,651,245,107,568,586,984,247,909,516,744,657,117,769, 267,211,009,913,644,206,084,181,229,788,648,431,278,049,755,235,988,546,256, 427,316,257,084,761,370,943,628,956,639,418,828,754,672,605,935,088,990,797, 672,416,462,833,005,301,191,812,935,737,975,104,986,316,512,680,917,071,681, 654,286,180,183,240,792,238,899,318,346,983,689,959,123,435,292,119,498,079, 703,194,418,060,318,237,280,877,328,839,698,106,148,080,959,460,466,119,393, 692,365,507,575,448,770,078,791,227,447,327,586,295,418,816,159,454,739,883, 530,365,428,476,717,628,004,504,186,829,671,963,832,971,555,676,551,301,582, 136,945,609,885,648,395,971,199,352,095,431,603,019,183,030,925,486,116,600, 155,619,307,671,743,493,175,709,503,116,468,300,976,938,787,501,756,738,014, 024,290,613,855,895,848,954,127,194,019,578,587,700,263,297,672,003,297,340, 475,388,314,356,575,658,755,997,216,451,176,898,948,743,186,178,549,683,858, 968,326,886,998,706,718,580,591,114,365,225,635,147,308,518,711,043,520,620, 615,499,946,805,198,156,768,802,557,128,139,155,375,278,242,895,165,178,107, 033,820,096,446,538,555,208,138,931,319,978,887,567,671,733,732,454,575,725, 643,927,311,262,469,138,366,725,680,975,799,082,868,912,053,529,400,519,590, 681,906,331,037,922,252,868,507,301,535,982,279,970,091,839,536,779,659,056, 442,404,609,235,228,390,743,749,189,318,866,614,989,389,051,229,086,266,279, 460,413,362,772,331,370,561,987,823,455,876,845,316,285,641,186,819,796,936, 965,182,828,036,451,197,389,809,130,795,686,896,902,925,485,106,464,631,585, 720,645,905,566,758,911,889,395,877,939,271,741,130,944,230,067,119,697,710, 339,841,748,498,295,346,742,841,242,431,012,344,656,956,989,733,986,231,261, 103,310,230,807,979,062,598,022,380,929,420,595,775,497,971,848,205,374,914, 618,208,116,226,269,670,954,542,378,481,764,613,947,621,689,737,290,586,707, 059,755,329,094,073,550,237,500,549,161,685,239,174,561,188,383,071,910,560, 879,119,066,916,493,001,389,145,296,807,406,739,561,287,590,763,298,272,498, 975,598,595,920,153,524,801,302,094,951,142,871,468,848,166,001,431,727,957, 541,492,498,605,434,544,379,670,732,161,807,753,929,815,150,900,250,243,885, 415,880,059,411,206,893,005,897,115,725,543,865,628,088,235,586,839,903,880, 679,225,169,831,163,996,341,824,505,217,313,716,031,865,022,846,934,413,611, 468,436,259,065,788,747,009,595,042,694,220,668,688,006,935,961,866,420,433, 922,675,880,841,243,330,719,274,100,021,583,759,869,089,348,406,940,993,837, 292,659,127,686,290,248,830,182,037,877,809,488,319,856,535,269,950,897,222, 530,615,357,892,117,012,349,920,844,454,129,542,590,230,587,931,946,526,472, 531,659,515,165,630,224,705,354,852,183,025,088,246,555,771,568,541,451,159, 068,300,275,852,440,314,773,714,572,421,652,765,635,003,698,353,356,600,879, 187,361,738,364,854,544,455,794,988,071,709,266,614,732,468,802,293,642,373, 772,167,513,587,586,816,728,182,116,721,904,909,206,908,172,414,584,853,947, 021,236,703,981,237,340,756,666,349,563,437,982,809,756,002,704,882,449,461, 639,860,138,093,173,268,931,830,213,329,342,062,897,537,127,367,772,644,156, 524,103,342,503,003,149,664,102,565,065,477,549,073,575,334,618,855,235,344, 176,747,076,713,444,738,674,364,605,666,684,189,447,054,382,391,898,952,561, 577,070,452,887,871,304,673,015,767,742,747,255,075,203,121,501,537,040,654, 706,972,199,190,304,440,643,458,635,882,633,242,740,276,528,298,619,357,440, 858,542,920,870,781,620,222,801,045,119,987,713,664,205,874,663,628,016,500, 389,765,105,709,327,458,332,259,738,028,631,466,630,180,448,682,271,581,231, 116,505,763,235,373,577,701,863,816,659,136,777,319,610,002,890,050,232,644, 227,790,815,762,096,107,623,964,097,930,299,443,776,752,774,298,679,530,769, 181,858,485,436,075,992,105,670,147,675,129,843,638,869,237,848,632,024,510, 221,888,496,865,130,838,415,275,556,545,661,164,276,888,466,446,887,871,866, 589,483,443,290,111,088,931,699,889,718,084,860,750,541,318,357,926,355,708, 006,409,762,360,112,322,000,195,025,964,838,050,861,216,541,457,875,399,049, 753,148,867,113,987,322,482,543,615,685,654,829,903,550,821,619,941,085,008, 118,954,324,784,642,165,870,199,271,623,231,696,195,453,873,353,065,162,472, 460,527,475,598,355,823,820,686,035,507,749,927,048,265,391,872,623,936,376, 364,539,875,123,336,071,327,939,458,343,482,045,112,439,397,755,220,277,915, 602,522,300,913,471,848,890,172,251,244,915,330,626,895,814,970,734,239,988, 255,099,730,378,792,713,654,174,644,843,600,650,033,650,709,772,239,372,281, 184,991,329,657,666,741,426,582,780,884,344,741,672,381,874,275,334,419,208, 120,351,521,272,595,091,551,636,410,360,933,569,163,214,718,904,467,313,496, 946,102,450,799,616,764,639,076,350,948,746,059,689,585,149,818,027,147,174, 855,531,522,773,903,823,500,710,782,940,224,096,204,201,765,547,375,767,843, 795,214,982,299,261,857,276,888,600,010,948,580,915,188,416,400,482,004,937, 746,169,604,040,481,488,998,773,129,293,712,649,422,100,227,092,000,571,452, 672,131,805,411,253,208,827,537,123,298,911,407,073,380,658,361,235,985,879, 249,071,652,009,090,415,895,405,671,417,318,236,865,548,079,206,337,435,504, 455,514,600,292,822,209,282,836,336,344,244,098,435,759,850,923,853,841,751, 384,894,966,565,524,507,674,843,669,240,541,484,275,652,530,685,176,189,787, 270,154,869,442,073,334,166,956,199,973,163,999,423,833,841,224,392,820,760, 208,976,942,785,230,354,740,920,404,384,291,888,060,385,744,084,267,488,653, 947,034,293,165,747,261,351,551,818,261,703,229,579,536,763,314,783,704,861, 873,876,533,391,742,286,862,785,301,105,870,313,593,245,085,865,656,835,091, 256,719,758,215,576,363,746,008,720,544,865,923,771,386,053,216,422,884,340, 935,727,568,008,538,019,219,874,140,723,764,106,192,244,221,191,813,742,881, 269,970,971,469,959,750,684,564,317,109,057,495,360,278,687,285,229,250,081, 891,524,804,484,333,349,891,300,119,700,540,203,631,204,462,352,954,514,164, 743,849,540,109,591,526,362,049,933,104,105,994,810,645,961,206,013,570,794, 415,924,866,178,997,194,010,540,638,953,518,996,828,582,666,234,946,628,960, 974,296,156,284,905,099,613,397,527,968,537,216,562,588,597,355,050,504,421, 558,120,907,492,954,206,591,941,011,764,347,519,060,859,424,800,391,343,711, 859,835,455,701,868,079,546,635,322,789,414,193,952,378,962,129,658,124,956, 967,023,755,640,772,286,028,265,702,288,031,957,605,283,301,465,104,897,625, 457,471,310,904,996,882,204,745,483,770,626,929,299,555,560,685,552,120,768, 323,407,016,904,361,567,830,071,903,864,774,025,053,110,416,058,196,613,094, 955,975,938,646,943,935,868,918,070,331,493,906,952,648,137,040,131,776,876, 617,048,593,668,262,064,355,033,910,881,815,180,390,172,026,755,646,024,616, 292,382,095,077,590,437,283,901,447,376,690,022,059,384,426,012,317,066,470, 869,219,431,716,650,112,928,272,984,986,766,711,153,567,816,275,152,979,164, 095,829,371,015,762,137,396,597,011,478,852,348,390,912,559,489,818,282,738, 968,950,167,570,795,214,904,673,318,119,873,008,821,144,416,485,117,736,637, 857,677,256,745,414,900,875,611,573,647,476,701,957,643,919,018,828,440,864, 502,237,922,399,137,620,765,025,029,842,960,684,566,478,184,186,295,826,842, 176,642,765,569,430,727,356,490,843,321,204,080,673,041,832,409,292,321,256, 473,393,054,163,052,562,677,186,472,932,611,674,915,953,762,775,681,860,718, 344,200,812,283,592,457,228,276,494,237,728,350,079,708,203,994,133,082,241, 122,428,064,338,995,461,866,304,675,718,496,548,231,972,190,297,045,880,784, 602,723,892,342,115,444,666,061,861,323,183,061,628,128,599,178,345,795,855, 842,535,790,162,490,072,640,446,613,394,996,868,613,163,476,358,679,998,295, 299,773,365,530,104,569,990,320,265,165,950,818,584,330,799,633,194,879,082, 107,324,671,463,310,241,490,844,169,471,553,737,186,369,429,039,740,581,101, 437,085,295,841,668,755,965,295,719,562,756,490,892,782,340,880,618,661,898, 096,373,325,757,836,773,347,585,401,925,192,699,075,006,554,224,142,624,622, 496,528,066,203,551,994,607,613,352,629,652,207,841,081,187,910,944,890,001, 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They gave up sex for this? Should have just found a Portuguese waitress.
Encryption.
You want to use a 7mb, 15 million DIGIT key for encryption? You magnificent bastard !!! :)
Ping me when the software comes out please.
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