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An ancient Greek algorithm could reveal all-new prime numbers
- bbctol 10y agoDecidedly clickbaity title: this guy's new implementation of the algorithm for computation is the story, while the algorithm itself is as non-revolutionary as you could get.
- kafkaesq 10y agoYeah -- it definitely misses the point. It's not as if mathematicians have been desperately "mining" prime numbers, like bitcoin. They've able to generate as many as they need for quite some time now.