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Misquote in title. Actual quote reads: "Though there is little mathematical value to finding a single new prime" Which to me is a perfectly reasonable senten
by TomGullen 14y ago
Misquote in title. Actual quote reads:
"Though there is little mathematical value to finding a single new prime"
Which to me is a perfectly reasonable sentence.
Edit: Doh sorry, everyone is right later in the article it says a stupid
- ZeroGravitas 14y agoIt says also says later: "Prime numbers, which are divisible only by themselves and one, have little mathematical importance." Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/02/05/worlds-largest-prime-number-discovered/#ixzz2K7ZrknoR http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/02/05/worlds-largest-pri...
- werrett 14y agoNope. If you read two paragraphs further: >Prime numbers, which are divisible only by themselves and one, have little mathematical importance. Yet the oddities have long fascinated amateur and professional mathematicians. Admittedly, getting through a full Fox News article is no fun.
- hagios 14y agoLater quote from the article reads: "Prime numbers, which are divisible only by themselves and one, have little mathematical importance. Yet the oddities have long fascinated amateur and professional mathematicians."