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Ask HN: Why are large prime numbers important? What is the largest one found?
- gus_massa 13y agoIt’s a very generic question. Why are you asking it??? Let’s try to give some information. First read Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number > Why are large prime numbers important? Pehaps I’m biased, but IMHO: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number#Fundamental_theorem_of_arithmetic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number#Fundamental_theore... > What is the largest one found? List at the bottom of the section: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number#Special-purpose_algorithms_and_the_largest_known_prime http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number#Special-purpose_al...