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#1

The prime number thread

21 January 2016, 11:44

OK lets see how many prime numbers we can find.

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21 January 2016, 11:45

Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post

OK lets see how many prime numbers we can find.

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21 January 2016, 12:02

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28 January 2016, 23:40

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#5

29 January 2016, 08:55

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Fell at the first hurdle.

I'll go for 2^74,207,281−1 (2 to power of), that was doing it in my head.
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4 March 2016, 14:46

^^^ you can download the entire number here:Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search - PrimeNet (10.2MB) didn;'t let me copy paste it into here
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4 March 2016, 16:08

I'll go for 3

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