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I don't think so, because every single benchmark/computation would be scientifically useful, even if you run it multiple times.
by hutrdvnj 5y ago
I don't think so, because every single benchmark/computation would be scientifically useful, even if you run it multiple times.
- jsnell 5y agoIs Mersenne prime verification really scientifically useful? At this point, getting one more number verified seems about as useful as stamp collecting.
- mattashii 5y agoMersenne prime verification is useful for the science field of mathematics, where the results can be used to (in)validate theories and predictions of (Mersenne) Prime Numbers. Sure, it is a niche with little contact area with the rest of thr world, but so were Elliptic Curves (used in cryptography), Set Theory and Relational Algebra (both heavily used in relational DB technology).
- hutrdvnj 5y agoI don't see why we should be limited to Mersenne prime verification, there are many other scientific computational projects in various fields that could benefit from it, astrophysics, molecular biology, genetics, chemistry, climate study, cancer research, ... Wikipedia lists a few https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_distributed_computing_projects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_distributed_computing_...