Dunno which is the next primenumber, but i just read in todays paper that scientists at the University of California have found the highest primenumber so far on August, 23th:
2 [SIZE=1]43 112 609[/SIZE] -1
(small sized numbers should be those numbers in a smaller font and aligned higher up, dunno how to do it)
The number has almost 13 million decimal places. Guys, you still got a long way to go

Lets write the first 10000 primenumbers
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Originally posted by lucy in the sky
Dunno which is the next primenumber, but i just read in todays paper that scientists at the University of California have found the highest primenumber so far on August, 23th:
2 [SIZE=1]43 112 609[/SIZE] -1
(small sized numbers should be those numbers in a smaller font and aligned higher up, dunno how to do it)
The number has almost 13 million decimal places. Guys, you still got a long way to gonah, our goal is shown in the thread title - and it is not 243 112 609 -1^^
btw: the number u should have been posting is 19489
next:
19501
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19507
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19531
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19541
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19543
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19553
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199000? Oops, now u have to start all over
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Originally posted by Bax
199000? Oops, now u have to start all overshould have been: 19559
next:
19571 -
19577
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19583
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19597
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19603
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19609
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19661
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19681
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19687
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19697
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19699
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19709
BTW, nice update on your sig!