GS Chandy
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Re: Largest Known Prime Number Discovered
Posted:
Feb 16, 2013 8:37 AM
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Joe Niederberger posted Feb 15, 2013 9:37 PM:
> G S Chandy says:
> > Could you possibly guide me to a proof of Th. 2?
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> It was just Wayne's joke, unfortunately loses its
> punch if if needs explained.
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Thanks, Joe. I feel adequately chastened. Indeed, it has lost punch. Unless it was a poor joke to begin with. Sorry about that, Wayne.
Wayne: :) :) Trust you're happy now?
>However, at any point in
> time you can just look up whatever the largest
> "known" prime is at the moment. It is usually
> Mersenne (2**p - 1), and may be for a long time to
> come.
>
It will be indeed, since we have got to 47 million digits - the GIMPS project itself would most likely take some time to get to the next one (whether it be Mersenne or anything else).
GSC
> Cheers,
> Joe N
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