The Largest Prime Number...So Far

[freshhh]

Originally Posted by Snake201

But if you just had one more number doesn't it make it bigger?

doesnt mean itll still be a prime number

 

[snake201]

Originally Posted by freshhh

Originally Posted by Snake201

But if you just had one more number doesn't it make it bigger?

doesnt mean itll still be a prime number

Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote that

 

[Moheezy]

This = new graphic T-shirt

jk

anyho, I remember reading something about that about 4 months ago, it was this dude from Carleton university in Ottawa who figured it out, and yes there arebenefits to this; what are they?...I have no idea lol

 

[upnorth]

Originally Posted by Paul Is On Tilt

I'm going to impress chicks with this random fact

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I wonder how long it'd take to speak the whole thing.....

 

[throwedindagame]

Originally Posted by Snake201

But if you just had one more number doesn't it make it bigger?

You passed 6th grade math right? If so, then you should know what a prime number is.

 

[jcsellsf]

Originally Posted by retr0sxual

This knowledge is truly beneficial to society.

 

[mangudai954]

Originally Posted by Methedy24

I was staring for the longest wondering when he was going to let go.

 

[miketysonthekiller]

Coo.

 

[carbonsilver]

Originally Posted by brooklynnyc3000

Originally Posted by carlosdapaperboy

I hate math

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Amen to that.

 

[chiqga]

how can there be no bigger prime numbers?

 

[whywesteppin]

"Several public-key cryptography algorithms, such as RSA, are based on large prime numbers (for example with 512 bits)."


And for the guy above me: "The oldest known proof for the statement that there are infinitely many prime numbers is given by the Greek mathematicianEuclid in his Elements (Book IX, Proposition 20)."

I think this is just the largest known prime number, but there are infinitely many that are even larger but no one knows them yet.

 

[pacmagic2002]

If i can remember correctly, prime numbers can only be devided by 1 and itself............is that right?

 

[shatterkneesinc]

Originally Posted by ChiqGa

how can there be no bigger prime numbers?

there is

you will just need a super computer running prime95 for years

 

[wanksta23]

Originally Posted by 703FlipFiend

Who clicked the link for the whole thing? That joint is still loading up for me and it's been 2 minutes.

you on 56k?

took me like 1 second

 

[jthagreat]

Originally Posted by JStunn197

Thanks. I was just wondering earlier today what the largest prime number is.

 

[maelstroom]

Originally Posted by ChiqGa

how can there be no bigger prime numbers?

Sorry for the misleading title

Completely forgot there are about ∞ numbers

 

[rafool]

Originally Posted by Mangudai954

Originally Posted by Methedy24

I was staring for the longest wondering when he was going to let go.

me too.

 

[maelstroom]

Heres another random fact I found while browsing online:

An attosecond is one quintillionth of a second[sup][1][/sup]. To put this in perspective, one attosecond is to one second what one second is to the age of the universe

 

[coolnificent]

Originally Posted by Maelstroom

Heres another random fact I found while browsing online:

An attosecond is one quintillionth of a second[sup][1][/sup]. To put this in perspective, one attosecond is to one second what one second is to the age of the universe

But for real

how does this benefit ANYBODY

 

[eebs7eez]

dope.

 

[genius44]

this is extremely important in encryption. Which is basically how any sensitive information on the internet is handled. There is definitely a lot of money inPrime Numbers. The actual number is just trivial and Might not sound like it has any importance when it is taken out of its context, but believe me it ispivotal.

 

[mike2389]

me and math dont go hand in hand

 

[mo matik]

 

[xunposite]

That wasn't even a prime number

 

[mateen cleaves]

i thought it said phone number, not prime.