prathapml Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 On February 18, 2005, Dr. Martin Nowak from Germany, found the new largest known prime number, 2^25,964,951-1. The prime number has 7,816,230 digits.It took more than 50 days of calculations on Dr. Nowak's 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 computer. The new prime was independently verified in five days by two reserachers in France and Spain.http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050227_133948.htmlsee the number in .txt here (56k warning - it is of size 7.7 MB) - http://www.mersenne.org/prime8.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Very Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispy Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Lol, you can even order it on a poster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 umm.. that hurts my head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix_nf Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 ok, now how willl that number help solve the problems of the word. or what will you actually DO with that number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 what will you actually DO with that number.Scare you perhaps? j/k.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knight_dkn Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 I feel a new wave of PC benchmarking coming on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjz Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 What are the prime numbers for? Is there a list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indianarchie Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 I discovered a bigger number!!! take tht prime number and add 1 to it..and viola...a new record!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 @indianarchieNope.... that would make the number even, and thereby divisible by 2... @rjzIn the field of mathematics, there are some theories that link prime numbers (or sequences of prime numbers) to universal constants (something like pi or e).These universal constants may eventually be used for common day applications like pi and e are (pi = 3.14159.... e = 2.7182818.... both are irrational numbers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indianarchie Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 @indianarchieNope.... that would make the number even, and thereby divisible by 2... newwink.gif@zian..allrite..then i'll add 2 to it! then atleast it shud remain a prime:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix_nf Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 na, it would be yet divisible by some number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjalex Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 On February 18, 2005, Dr. Martin Nowak from Germany, found the new largest known prime number, 2^25,964,951-1. The prime number has 7,816,230 digits.I love maths and it comes at no surprise to me that this news comes from an Indian friend !!! Recall having read something about the link of being raised in a culture with an intricated cosmology and politheism and the predisposition to maths and logic.Must be true Respect,Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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