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Largest known prime number in the world discovered by GIMPS in Missouri
The Verge ^ | January 20, 2016 | James Vincent

Posted on 01/20/2016 11:21:11 AM PST by C19fan

The largest prime number in the world has been discovered in Missouri by the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search project, better known as GIMPS. The record breaking number — which, like all primes, can only be divided by itself and one — is a staggering 22 million digits in length. That's 5 million digits longer than the previous record-holder, which was also discovered by GIMPS back in January 2013. If you really want to know, the new biggest Prime in the world starts with a "3" and ends with a "1."

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Science
KEYWORDS: math; prime
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If you want you can download the software and add your computing power to the quest.
1 posted on 01/20/2016 11:21:11 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

I know there is a larger prime number.


2 posted on 01/20/2016 11:23:52 AM PST by Scrambler Bob (/s implied, usless explicitly stated as not applying.)
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To: C19fan
...the new biggest Prime in the world starts with a "3" and ends with a "1."

Pi?

3 posted on 01/20/2016 11:23:55 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: C19fan

Strange that they would use an acronym that was an old fashioned slang term for a crippled person “GIMPS”. Nobody caught it, I suppose.


4 posted on 01/20/2016 11:24:10 AM PST by lee martell
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To: C19fan

“Bring out the Gimp(s)...”


5 posted on 01/20/2016 11:25:21 AM PST by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
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To: Scrambler Bob
I know there is a larger prime number.

I do too.

6 posted on 01/20/2016 11:30:59 AM PST by Mr Apple (NO TO ALL ISLAMIC TOWEL HEAD MUSLIM RAPEFUGEES IN HALLOWEEN GOWNS !)
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To: C19fan

I knew it was an odd number.


7 posted on 01/20/2016 11:37:30 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: lee martell
Yeah, but there is General Image Manipulation Program that's been around for a while, too.
8 posted on 01/20/2016 11:38:08 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: C19fan
"...the new biggest Prime in the world starts with a "3" and ends with a "1.""

Hmm, doesn't end with an even number - go figure....

9 posted on 01/20/2016 11:38:51 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: C19fan

Could I use it for my password?


10 posted on 01/20/2016 11:42:27 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: rlmorel

Moe the Gimp
11 posted on 01/20/2016 11:44:55 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: ShadowAce

“Pi?”

Uh, no.

Comedy depends upon some basis in fact...Pi has no end...

A for effort though!


12 posted on 01/20/2016 11:44:56 AM PST by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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To: BBB333

And is not a whole number multiple of 1.


13 posted on 01/20/2016 11:47:48 AM PST by strings6459
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To: C19fan
the new biggest Prime in the world starts with a "3" and ends with a "1."

It was pretty much a cinch that it didn't end in 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, or 0.

14 posted on 01/20/2016 11:50:48 AM PST by IronJack
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To: ShadowAce
Pi?

Pi isn't an integer. To be a prime, only integers are considered to be candidates.

15 posted on 01/20/2016 11:51:38 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue....)
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To: C19fan

42


16 posted on 01/20/2016 11:52:28 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: BBB333; Swordmaker

Even though I failed, at least someone recognized the attempt at humor!


17 posted on 01/20/2016 11:56:54 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: dfwgator

41 or 43 are better candidates.


18 posted on 01/20/2016 11:57:17 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (Stop Islam and save the world.)
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To: BBB333
Shows what you know.


19 posted on 01/20/2016 11:59:36 AM PST by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress
Could I use it for my password?

You could. . . but at the rate of entering three characters every second, it would take you approximately 84 days and 21 hours to type in your password every time you wanted to log on to where ever you were using that as your password. Just think how frustrating that would be if you dropped a character in the middle of setting it up during entering the second one to match the first entered one, and got to the end, and it says "Passwords don't match, Please try again."

20 posted on 01/20/2016 11:59:52 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue....)
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