Volunteer discovers a new 17 million-digit prime number

Ars Technica » Scientific Method 2013-02-05

Summary:

Finding the rare Mersenne prime nets its captor a tidy sum.

Link:

http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/science/~3/goi1uCjQH20/

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scientific method gimps mersenne prime prime prime number

Authors:

Casey Johnston

Date tagged:

02/05/2013, 17:14

Date published:

02/05/2013, 17:10