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Using a “compiled” language like C# probably didn't hurt, but Markus Frind is also wicked smart. Some of his work was cited in a published number theory textboo
by noblethrasher 11y ago
Using a “compiled” language like C# probably didn't hurt, but Markus Frind is also wicked smart. Some of his work was cited in a published number theory textbook.
- gohrt 11y agoSpecifically, he wrote a computer program to look for primes. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sci.math/AZD_CalO7as https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sci.math/AZD_CalO7as I am not an expert, but it seems he wrote some highly optimized code to do it: > The search was conducted over 10 days on a AMD 1800XP and checked > about 20,667,931,547 Potential AP 22's per Second.