GS Chandy
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Re: Largest Known Prime Number Discovered
Posted:
Feb 13, 2013 7:05 PM
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Joe Niederberger posted Feb 13, 2013 8:56 PM:
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> I think the remark (which I ascribe, perhaps
> flippantly
> and wrongly to ultra-finitists) "How many more?"
> deserves some consideration. I hope its
> uncontroversial that humans will only ever have a
> finite stockpile of "discovered" primes in their
> arsenal. So the next question is can we figure out an
> estimate of where the boundary (on magnitude, which I
> think also gives an estimate of total number of)
> might be? Or even give a very loose upper bound with
> a convincing argument?
>
The questions are interesting, but - in my opinion - may not be possible to answer in any meaningful way. At most we can only ask a further question or two, such as:
Given some 'possible upper bound prime':
Could it be tested out in any finite period of time?
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> Seems like it may be possible.
>
Any thoughts on just how it may be possible??
GSC
> I have no trick up my
> sleeve here, it was just a passing thought.
>
> Anybody?
>
> Cheers,
> Joe N
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