New Prime Number is 30 Miles Long
Going Like Sixty — October 5, 2008 — Tech
References: gadgets.boingboing.net
We love large numbers: Googol, a large number that is the basis for the name Google. Trillion, the basis for the U.S. bail out, etc. Now using ordinary computers loaned by ordinary people, there is a new Big Number. It's the largest prime number to date running over 13 million digits. If you recall, a prime number is 2n-1. You may now leave the Matrix.
There's not a hope of printing the prime number: the resulting number would be 30 miles long! or take up 13MB or so of plaintext.
There's not a hope of printing the prime number: the resulting number would be 30 miles long! or take up 13MB or so of plaintext.
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LARGE NUMBERS — Opportunity for businesses to create products or services that cater to people's fascination with large numbers.
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PRIME NUMBERS — Potential for innovation in developing algorithms or technologies to calculate and verify large prime numbers efficiently.
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DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING — Emerging trend of harnessing the power of ordinary people's computers for complex computational tasks, creating opportunities for collaboration and resource sharing.
Industry Implications
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TECHNOLOGY — Tech companies can explore the market for creating applications or platforms that engage people in generating and exploring large numbers.
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CYBERSECURITY — Opportunity for cybersecurity firms to enhance their technologies to protect critical infrastructure involved in distributed computing projects.
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EDUCATION — Educational institutions can incorporate the fascination with large numbers and prime numbers into curriculum or online learning platforms to engage students.
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