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[DU_stud04]

Missouri Researchers Find Largest Prime Number........





KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Researchers at a Missouri university have identified the largest known prime number, officials said Tuesday.

The team at Central Missouri State University, led by associate dean Steven Boone and mathematics professor Curtis Cooper, found it in mid-December after programming 700 computers years ago.

A prime number is a positive number divisible by only itself and 1 — 2, 3, 5, 7 and so on.

The number that the team found is 9.1 million digits long. It is a Mersenne prime known as M30402457 — that's 2 to the 30,402,457th power minus 1.

Mersenne primes are a special category expressed as 2 to the "p" power minus 1, in which "p" also is a prime number.

"We're super excited," said Boone, a chemistry professor. "We've been looking for such a number for a long time."

The discovery is affiliated with the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, a global contest using volunteers who run software that searches for the largest Mersenne prime.

[S-WtrMustangFan]

I have know idea what i just read.:confused: :confused:

[LH Panther Mom]

All I can say is.......


:nerd: :nerd: :nerd: :nerd: :nerd: :nerd:

[kepdawg]

Cool! I was wondering about prime numbers just the other day!

[DU_stud04]

"We're super excited," ........ :rolleyes: :confused:

yea, way to go.....i wonder how long it took them to prove a number so freakin big is prime..... waste of time really

atleast next time i do count to 9.1millionwhatever, ill remember it is prime.....:rolleyes:

[S-WtrMustangFan]

Im in my prime.lol :eek: :eek: :eek:

[STANG RED]

Boy do I feel stupid! All this time, I could have sworn it was 2 to the 30,402,456th power -1.
My bad! I'll try to do better from now on.

[DU_stud04]

hahaha

[44INAROW]

Originally posted by DU_stud04
Missouri Researchers Find Largest Prime Number........




They didn't talk much about "prime numbers" in my FOM classes when I was in school :D

[CHS_CG]

Originally posted by 44INAROW
They didn't talk much about "prime numbers" in my FOM classes when I was in school :D

They probably had just figured out what prime numbers were back then:p







just playin ya know i love ya 44!:kiss:

[AP Panther Fan]

Originally posted by DU_stud04
Missouri Researchers Find Largest Prime Number........





KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Researchers at a Missouri university have identified the largest known prime number, officials said Tuesday.

The team at Central Missouri State University, led by associate dean Steven Boone and mathematics professor Curtis Cooper, found it in mid-December after programming 700 computers years ago.

A prime number is a positive number divisible by only itself and 1 — 2, 3, 5, 7 and so on.

The number that the team found is 9.1 million digits long. It is a Mersenne prime known as M30402457 — that's 2 to the 30,402,457th power minus 1.

Mersenne primes are a special category expressed as 2 to the "p" power minus 1, in which "p" also is a prime number.

"We're super excited," said Boone, a chemistry professor. "We've been looking for such a number for a long time."

The discovery is affiliated with the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, a global contest using volunteers who run software that searches for the largest Mersenne prime.


Good grief, it is going to take me awhile to find a safe enough place to file this useful information.:rolleyes: ;)

[spiveyrat]

Some poor students' college fees and probably some of our tax money was spent finding that number. Whew! I feel so much better now. :crazy:

[44INAROW]

Originally posted by CHS_CG
They probably had just figured out what prime numbers were back then:p







just playin ya know i love ya 44!:kiss:

look at you :hand: :hand: :hand:

:D :D

PI r SQUARED :inlove:

[spiveyrat]

Originally posted by 44INAROW


PI r SQUARED :inlove:

No silly! Pie are round... Cornbread are square! :D;)

[STANG RED]

Originally posted by spiveyrat
No silly! Pie are round... Cornbread are square! :D;)

The best cornbread is made in an old iron skillet.
Therefore, the best cornbread are round too...........Silly!

[Butkus]

Originally posted by STANG RED
The best cornbread is made in an old iron skillet.
Therefore, the best cornbread are round too...........Silly!
dang it big bro dont be givin out mammas secrets.

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by STANG RED
The best cornbread is made in an old iron skillet.
Therefore, the best cornbread are round too...........Silly!
My mother has a square iron skillet that she uses for cornbread. :p

[44INAROW]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
My mother has a square iron skillet that she uses for cornbread. :p

you beat me to it lol.. I have an old iron skillet that is square, but it is not nearly as "seasoned" as my round one........ :D

[neck_06]

what would drive you to look for something like that? i mean, are they gonna put their names in a book or something? maybe they should just name it after them like all the science things.

:nerd: :nerd: :nerd: :nerd: :nerd:

[STANG RED]

Originally posted by Butkus
dang it big bro dont be givin out mammas secrets.

Your not gonna tell on me are ya?
Guess we need ta by her 1 of them square 1s them gals is talkin about. I never hurd of 1 of them befor. Wish i had nown befor Christmas.

[football4life]

Great job nerdos!!:nerd: :nerd:

Sheesh, can't they find something better to do than sit around on a computer?.....:rolleyes: ;)

[CHS_CG]

Originally posted by football4life
Great job nerdos!!:nerd: :nerd:

Sheesh, can't they find something better to do than sit around on a computer?.....:rolleyes: ;)

nope

[MHSvarsity2007]

needless to say, i had algebra II today and i have discovered that i greatly despise all aspects of math.

[Haunta Yo]

Originally posted by neck_06
what would drive you to look for something like that? i mean, are they gonna put their names in a book or something? maybe they should just name it after them like all the science things.

:nerd: :nerd: :nerd: :nerd: :nerd:

Encryption!!!
Prime numbers are at the root of current computer security techniques involving cryptography such that the level of security is approximately equivalent the difficulty of factoring.

Prime numbers are the locks that preserve the secrets that are racing through the electronic shopping mall.
Each e-business chooses two big primes, p and q, which they keep secret. The product of these primes, N=pxq, is made public. A calculation using N encrypts your credit card, but the only way to undo the calculation and decrypt the secret message is to know the secret primes p and q. Cracking codes is the same as cracking the public number N into its prime building blocks. It's a bit like a chemist who wants to know the atoms inside a compound. Although chemists have solved their problem, mathematicians lack any fast way to do this prime-number spectroscopy - to the relief of internet cryptographers.

:nerd: :nerd: :nerd: :nerd: :nerd:

[MHSvarsity2007]

Originally posted by Haunta Yo
Encryption!!!
Prime numbers are at the root of current computer security techniques involving cryptography such that the level of security is approximately equivalent the difficulty of factoring.

Prime numbers are the locks that preserve the secrets that are racing through the electronic shopping mall.
Each e-business chooses two big primes, p and q, which they keep secret. The product of these primes, N=pxq, is made public. A calculation using N encrypts your credit card, but the only way to undo the calculation and decrypt the secret message is to know the secret primes p and q. Cracking codes is the same as cracking the public number N into its prime building blocks. It's a bit like a chemist who wants to know the atoms inside a compound. Although chemists have solved their problem, mathematicians lack any fast way to do this prime-number spectroscopy - to the relief of internet cryptographers.

:nerd: :nerd: :nerd: :nerd: :nerd:

:confused:thats exactly what i was going to say.:doh:

[Butkus]

Originally posted by STANG RED
Your not gonna tell on me are ya?
Guess we need ta by her 1 of them square 1s them gals is talkin about. I never hurd of 1 of them befor. Wish i had nown befor Christmas.
dad gum u or bubba gonna have ta get her one of those. ya no her birthdays coming up and bubba forgot ta get her snuff fur Christmas so thats what ima gonna get her is a case of snuff. u and that worthless other brother gonna have ta decide on that skillet.

[zeus63]

All i can say is wow!! Have you seen the movie "The 40 year old Virgin". Apparently there's not just one.

[spiveyrat]

Originally posted by STANG RED
The best cornbread is made in an old iron skillet.
Therefore, the best cornbread are round too...........Silly!

I grew up eating round cornbread too. It was just part of an old joke... silly. :)

[STANG RED]

Originally posted by zeus63
All i can say is wow!! Have you seen the movie "The 40 year old Virgin". Apparently there's not just one.

Butkus aint no virgin! I no fer a fact, hes been sneekin in the sheep pin since he wuz 12 or so.

[CHS_CG]

Originally posted by STANG RED
Butkus aint no virgin! I no fer a fact, hes been sneekin in the sheep pin since he wuz 12 or so.

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

thats just something that yall should keep to yourself! lol

[STANG RED]

Originally posted by Butkus
dad gum u or bubba gonna have ta get her one of those. ya no her birthdays coming up and bubba forgot ta get her snuff fur Christmas so thats what ima gonna get her is a case of snuff. u and that worthless other brother gonna have ta decide on that skillet.
Yur case of snuff is good gift Butkus. I wuz gonna get her a plug er 2 of chaw, but with only that one good tooth she has, snuff is probly better. guess ill see if i can find onea them square skillits. i thank bubbas gitten her a case of duv loads fer her 12 gage 2 barel shoot gun.

[Butkus]

Originally posted by STANG RED
Yur case of snuff is good gift Butkus. I wuz gonna get her a plug er 2 of chaw, but with only that one good tooth she has, snuff is probly better. guess ill see if i can find onea them square skillits. i thank bubbas gitten her a case of duv loads fer her 12 gage 2 barel shoot gun.
i think thats a good idea ya no how she loves that 2 barel shoos gun just hope ole bubba dont ferget this time.

[STANG RED]

Originally posted by Butkus
i think thats a good idea ya no how she loves that 2 barel shoos gun just hope ole bubba dont ferget this time.

i thank hez loadin em his own self. saw him grindin up yur trotline waits yesterday fer the pelluts.

[Butkus]

Originally posted by STANG RED
i thank hez loadin em his own self. saw him grindin up yur trotline waits yesterday fer the pelluts.
ya no someday ima gonna kill him.

[DaHop72]

Originally posted by spiveyrat
I grew up eating round cornbread too. It was just part of an old joke... silly. :)
Cornbread and red beans was a staple at our house.

[STANG RED]

Originally posted by DaHop72
Cornbread and red beans was a staple at our house.
It's still one of my favorites. My wife just has to leave the house for day or so afterwards.
The question is DaHop72, have you ever seen a square iron skillet?
By the way, where in the heck have you been?

[DaHop72]

Originally posted by STANG RED
It's still one of my favorites. My wife just has to leave the house for day or so afterwards.
The question is DaHop72, have you ever seen a square iron skillet?
By the way, where in the heck have you been?
Stang Red, I don't think I have ever seen a square cornbread skillet. Sometimes mom made it in a square pan, but not a skillet. I had taken vacation at the end of the year and then a close friends wife died, so I was tied up trying to help him anyway that I could. Little Dribblers has started now, so I have been pretty hooked up, ready for it to slow down.