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Apparently a $3,000 GIMPS research discovery award. What's the practical utility of knowledge of a prime, especially considering that upon announcement it's imm
by kazazes 11y ago
Apparently a $3,000 GIMPS research discovery award. What's the practical utility of knowledge of a prime, especially considering that upon announcement it's immediately disseminated?
- zitterbewegung 11y agoThe point of searching for these primes is to motivate research in finding primes so there isn't much practical utility.
- contravariant 11y agoIt's a very large prime number which has a very convenient representation, which makes it useful. You could use it in a Mersenne Twister RNG, for instance.