Computer Science Canada 42nd Mersenne Prime has likely been found! |
| Author: | Hikaru79 [ Fri Feb 18, 2005 7:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 42nd Mersenne Prime has likely been found! |
Yeah, this is straight off Slashdot, but considering the strong math background of a lot of compsci.ca users, I thought this might be interesting. Quote: "Chalk up another achievement for distributed computing! MathWorld is reporting that the 42nd, and now-largest, Mersenne Prime has probably been discovered. The number in question is currently being double-checked by George Woltman, organizer of GIMPS (the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search). If this pans out, GIMPS will have been responsible for the eight current largest Mersenne Primes ever discovered." |
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