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A Trillion Triangles
American Institute of Mathematics ^ | Sep 22, 2009 | Unknown.

Posted on 09/22/2009 4:06:41 AM PDT by decimon

September 22, 2009 -- Mathematicians from North America, Europe, Australia, and South America have resolved the first one trillion cases of an ancient mathematics problem. The advance was made possible by a clever technique for multiplying large numbers. The numbers involved are so enormous that if their digits were written out by hand they would stretch to the moon and back. The biggest challenge was that these numbers could not even fit into the main memory of the available computers, so the researchers had to make extensive use of the computers' hard drives.

According to Brian Conrey, Director of the American Institute of Mathematics, "Old problems like this may seem obscure, but they generate a lot of interesting and useful research as people develop new ways to attack them."

(Excerpt) Read more at aimath.org ...


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KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; triangles
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Does working your angles leave you congruent?
1 posted on 09/22/2009 4:06:41 AM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

Don’t be obtuse.


2 posted on 09/22/2009 4:08:58 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Joe Wilson speaks for me.)
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To: Yo-Yo
Don’t be obtuse.

Kinda early for being so acute.

3 posted on 09/22/2009 4:12:54 AM PDT by decimon
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To: Yo-Yo

But I have acute face ... one that is a very good fit for radio


4 posted on 09/22/2009 4:13:51 AM PDT by HiramQuick (work harder ... welfare recipients depend on you!)
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To: decimon

They should just contact the CBO - they are quite adept at solving computational problems with very large numbers.


5 posted on 09/22/2009 4:16:28 AM PDT by omni-scientist
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To: The_Reader_David; ThePythonicCow; snarks_when_bored; Wonder Warthog; Robert A. Cook, PE; ...
Like, *PING*, dudes.

Cheers!

6 posted on 09/22/2009 4:18:40 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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But I have acute face ...

Reminds me of the one about the English guy. His doctor told him his wife has acute agina and...

7 posted on 09/22/2009 4:22:20 AM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

I was right. All that math I learned in school and I’ve used none of it beyond balancing the checkbook.


8 posted on 09/22/2009 4:28:05 AM PDT by bgill (The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
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To: decimon

Hold on a secant, we’re going off on a tangent here.


9 posted on 09/22/2009 4:38:15 AM PDT by agere_contra (The Democrats use Black people as human shields.)
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To: decimon

Only tangentially interesting.


10 posted on 09/22/2009 4:41:17 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide

Ok. Enough. Time to sine off.


11 posted on 09/22/2009 5:21:58 AM PDT by NCLaw441
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To: decimon

my father in law tells us that very joke every time he visits, been telling it the pst 20 years to us... i think its the only punchline he remebers ....

lol

Hey .. your real name isn’t Phil is it? Like Phil in the blank, Phil Dirt, Clean Phil, Philip Free .... ughhh

2/3 of a pun is PU ... and with that I must do something constructive with my day ...... Full PHIL ment is a wonderful thing.

Now if we could only teach father in law, Phil, a new punch line .. We have had our Phil. Phil has a brother in law, Ben as in Ben Dover ... yikes, gorundhog day all over. Help Mr. Bill. This is your fault, you started it.


12 posted on 09/22/2009 5:33:35 AM PDT by HiramQuick (work harder ... welfare recipients depend on you!)
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To: NCLaw441

Don’t you mean log off?


13 posted on 09/22/2009 5:37:27 AM PDT by Senator Pardek
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To: decimon

I like to work all the angles, but I’m usually right.


14 posted on 09/22/2009 5:53:23 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Joe Wilson speaks for me.)
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To: All

Bad puns growing exponentially...never a good sine.


15 posted on 09/22/2009 6:01:29 AM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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To: agere_contra
we’re going off on a tangent here.

That would be bad. Our outlook on these angles would start looking very oblique.

16 posted on 09/22/2009 6:38:20 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.)
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Mathematicians from North America, Europe, Australia, and South America have resolved the first one trillion cases of an ancient mathematics problem. The advance was made possible by a clever technique for multiplying large numbers. The numbers involved are so enormous that if their digits were written out by hand they would stretch to the moon and back. The biggest challenge was that these numbers could not even fit into the main memory of the available computers, so the researchers had to make extensive use of the computers' hard drives.
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17 posted on 09/22/2009 4:53:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: decimon
Snorg Tees

18 posted on 09/22/2009 4:55:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: decimon
I thought congruent is what they fed Oliver in the orphanage.
19 posted on 09/22/2009 5:11:18 PM PDT by colorado tanker (Barack Obama is an old Kenyan word for Jimmy Carter)
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I thought congruent is what they fed Oliver in the orphanage.

That's your Twist on the story.

20 posted on 09/22/2009 6:16:18 PM PDT by decimon
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