Largest known prime number discovered in Missouri

[Notebook]

Title sort of it implies it was just lying around?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35361090

N.

 

[C3PO]

:lol: Yeah. What was it doing there? :hmm:

 

[TMac3000]

Beats a google by a log road.

An interesting note: the number of elementary particles in the known universe is nowhere near a google. I know of nothing in nature that requires a google. You can sometimes run into it in statistics (factorials, permutations...stuff like that).

Although Wikipedia does say something about the number of states in a black hole getting into the googleplex area, I personally doubt the veracity of that.

 

[Face]

Beats a google by a log road.

An interesting note: the number of elementary particles in the known universe is nowhere near a google. I know of nothing in nature that requires a google. You can sometimes run into it in statistics (factorials, permutations...stuff like that).

Although Wikipedia does say something about the number of states in a black hole getting into the googleplex area, I personally doubt the veracity of that.

Do you mean googol and googolplex?

 

[garyw]

Title sort of it implies it was just lying around?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35361090

N.

Well.... It IS. It takes a computer to unearth it just like it takes an archaeologist to unearth ruins :lol:

 

[jedidia]

Well.... It IS. It takes a computer to unearth it just like it takes an archaeologist to unearth ruins

All well and good, but what was it doing in Missouri?

 

[Artlav]

Well, to get a new prime number you scoop a random sample of matter and factorize the hell out of it.
So, it makes sense to just pick something near you.

 

[TMac3000]

Do you mean googol and googolplex?

I did

We all misspell

 

[Andy44]

I know there's an Outlaw Josey Wales joke in here somewhere...

 

[Gerdih]

Do you mean googol and googolplex?

Not like none of us can imagine a googol, but damn, I felt tiny reading the articles.:hide:

 

[Artlav]

For a stretch of imagination, try to imagine a googol of people (living in a slightly larger universe than ours).

 

[Andy44]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GEebx72-qs"]Googol and Googolplex - Numberphile - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Face]

I did

We all misspell

Sure. I am just saying because the very first paragraph states:

Not to be confused with Google.

...and rumors have it that exactly this misspelling led to the name Google:

Widespread sounding of the word occurs through the name of the company, with the name "Google" being an accidental misspelling of "googol" by the company's founders, which was picked to signify that the search engine was intended to provide large quantities of information.

So at least you are in good company with it .

 

[Col_Klonk]

Are there still any arguments about 2 not being prime ?
Saw this a while ago, and thought 'they' had changed the definition. :facepalm:

 

[tl8]

Of course Matt and Brady have now printed said number:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlpYjrbujG0

 

[Quick_Nick]

According to an interview with the discoverer, it really was serendipitously found lying around in a database long after being produced:

 

[Notebook]

So, it really was just lying around? That means anyone can do it...

N.

 

[asbjos]

So, it really was just lying around? That means anyone can do it...

N.

Anyone with much luck and much computer power, yes.

Isn't there a price included for finding the largest prime? Who gets it, the GIMPS organization or the lucky person?

 

[Quick_Nick]

Anyone with much luck and much computer power, yes.

Isn't there a price included for finding the largest prime? Who gets it, the GIMPS organization or the lucky person?

$3000 for a prime like this, to the discoverer. $50,000 to the discoverer (plus $50,000 to GIMPS and $50,000 to charity) if the prime has more than 100,000,000 digits.

 

[Fabri91]

1. Setup Prime95 on your system
2. Have luck
3. Profit!