prime numbers

  1. Solitaire

    Quantum Supremacy — Factoring Large Primes

    What would really blow my mind? Factoring complex numbers like quaternions. P. S. Obligatory math joke: Q: How do you solve the Ramen Hypothesis? A: Use your big noodle.
  2. Crossbow

    Largest Prime Number Discovered

    Just in case anyone is curious, the largest known Prime Number is now: 257,885,161 - 1 http://news.yahoo.com/largest-prime-number-discovered-165757465.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CZGXBJRjzUAsFvQtDMD Largest Prime Number Discovered The largest prime number yet has been discovered — and it's 17,425,170...
  3. paperskater

    UCLA discovers 13-million digit prime number

    Original article here. Holy crap, I didn't even know that there was a prize out there for this. My roommate and I were trying to list prime numbers by calculating in our heads. I got up to 19, he got up to 101 before he lost interest. I feel dumb.
  4. A

    pattern in prime numbers?

    Hi all, I was searching for any pattern in the prime numbers' sequence. After long nights of trying, I am growing tired of that. Does anybody know of a proof or a reason why one can not find a formula to find any prime number? Or is it there but no one has found it yet?

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