http://www.metafilter.com/tags/PrimeNumber Posts tagged with 'PrimeNumber' at MetaFilter. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:57:14 -0800 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:57:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/60240/Prime%2DPrize In September 2006 the largest known prime number, <a href="http://primes.utm.edu/largest.html">a 9.8 million digit number</a>, was discovered. If you find one over ten million digits you can win <a href="http://www.eff.org/awards/coop.php">US$100,000</a> (<a href="http://www.mersenne.org/prize.htm">of which you get to keep $50,000</a>). No maths is required - just <a href="http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm">download the software </a>and you're away. Warning: <a href="http://www.mersenne.org/works.htm">it takes about a month to run one primality check</a> so some patience is required. Look out though Cooper and Boone look like they might beat you to it. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.60240 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:57:14 -0800 competition GIMPS maths mersenne numbers prime primenumber primenumbers prize meech http://www.metafilter.com/50428/almost%2Dbut%2Dnot%2Dquite%2Dentirely%2Dunlike%2Dtea "...the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is..." "Yes? Yes!?" <a href="http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/03/prime_numbers_get_hitched.php">"...42."</a><br><small>via Dyson, Montgomery, Princeton, a cup of tea - as presented by <a href="http://www.seedmagazine.com/">Seed Magazine.</a></small> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.50428 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:32:01 -0800 42 DouglasAdams Dyson FreemanDyson Hitchhiker'sGuideToTheGalaxy HughMontgomery Math Mathematics Montgomery NumberTheory OptimusPrime Physics Prime PrimeNumber Princeton Riemann Riemann'sHypothosis loquacious http://www.metafilter.com/35435/hi%2Dmom <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1298728,00.html">Russian may have solved Riemann hypothesis.</a> Financial disaster ensues. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.35435 Tue, 07 Sep 2004 02:21:57 -0800 ecommerce primenumber riemann russia Espoo2