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Largest known prime number in the world discovered by GIMPS in Missouri
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| January 20, 2016
| James Vincent
Posted on 01/20/2016 11:21:11 AM PST by C19fan
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To: Scrambler Bob
I know there is a larger prime number.I wonder if someone has done a mathematical proof showing the set of prime numbers is theoretically infinite.
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posted on
01/20/2016 11:59:56 AM PST
by
CommerceComet
(Ignore the GOP-e. Cruz to victory in 2016.)
To: C19fan
I thought it might be in Missouri...
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posted on
01/20/2016 12:01:20 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: C19fan
To: Roman_War_Criminal
crap I don’t know how to post pics...
To: BBB333
Arithmetic is easy; comedy is hard- Mrs. Einstein!
To: C19fan
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posted on
01/20/2016 12:08:30 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: Delta 21
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posted on
01/20/2016 12:10:12 PM PST
by
BBB333
(Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
To: ShadowAce
I’ll magnanimously upgrade you to an A+ for your brevity.
As the British say: ‘Good show!’
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posted on
01/20/2016 12:12:22 PM PST
by
BBB333
(Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
To: C19fan
Onward! accept the challenge to find the next greater prime number. There is an infinite number of them (you never reach the end) and there is an infinite number of numbers.
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posted on
01/20/2016 12:17:52 PM PST
by
I want the USA back
(The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
To: Scrambler Bob
Yes, but it will be on Mars.
This prime number is the largest one in the world.
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posted on
01/20/2016 12:19:33 PM PST
by
OKSooner
(If Ted Cruz is a Natural Born American, Barack H. Obama is also EVEN IF HE WAS NOT BORN IN THE US.)
To: C19fan
I’m going to post the full number in my next post. Might take awhile to upload and slow the system down so I wanted to just warn everybody.
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posted on
01/20/2016 12:35:48 PM PST
by
fruser1
To: ShadowAce
Heheheh. But “pi” doesn’t end.
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posted on
01/20/2016 12:36:53 PM PST
by
Cboldt
To: C19fan
2 ^ 74,207,281 - 1
Took a lot less time to upload than I thought!
Mersenne Primes, which the article is about, are a power of 2 minus 1.
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posted on
01/20/2016 12:38:11 PM PST
by
fruser1
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
01/20/2016 12:42:35 PM PST
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
To: lee martell
GIMPS Headquarters
To: OKSooner
If you want a larger number, try the National Debt.
Probably a prime in there somewhere.
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posted on
01/20/2016 12:47:37 PM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
(/s implied, usless explicitly stated as not applying.)
To: Cboldt
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posted on
01/20/2016 12:52:08 PM PST
by
Delta 21
(Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
To: Delta 21
Ah yes, the end of the pi. Almost the end, doggie takes the rest.
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posted on
01/20/2016 12:58:19 PM PST
by
Cboldt
To: Scrambler Bob
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posted on
01/20/2016 1:05:50 PM PST
by
OKSooner
(If Ted Cruz is a Natural Born American, Barack H. Obama is also EVEN IF HE WAS NOT BORN IN THE US.)
To: C19fan
I hope this didn’t cost us any tax dollars.
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