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But why? One answer is a bit buried in a sub link in the article. On that page, you’ll find arguments for the following reasons: tradition, by products of t
by WhitneyLand 9y ago
But why?
One answer is a bit buried in a sub link in the article. On that page, you’ll find arguments for the following reasons: tradition, by products of the quest, collection of rare mathematical things, glory, pushing hardware performance, and contest rewards.
Personally I’m forced to admit I enjoy seeing them found while being unable to form any cogent justification.
http://primes.utm.edu/notes/faq/why.html http://primes.utm.edu/notes/faq/why.html
- yjftsjthsd-h 9y ago"Because it's there." - George Mallory
- yarg 9y agoThey're a nice source of mathematically justifiable entropy.
- vortico 9y agoThat's actually a fairly complete and accurate list of reasons for such a project. If I was interested, I'd do it for about half of those reasons, and others may prefer the other half.