SR (was Re: Mersenne: all these primes...)

1999-02-22 Thread Matthew A Lewis
according to special relativity, spike, that will be one SLOW, half-duplex conversation [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i like the idea of finding larger and larger prime numbers but i still dont know what this will do for modern mathematics i thought of a good reason to have enormous

Re: Mersenne: all these primes...

1999-02-21 Thread Spike Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i like the idea of finding larger and larger prime numbers but i still dont know what this will do for modern mathematics i thought of a good reason to have enormous prime numbers: we would use them to impress extraterrestrial intelligences, should we ever manage

Re: Mersenne: all these primes...

1999-02-21 Thread Floris Looyesteyn
i thought of a good reason to have enormous prime numbers: we would use them to impress extraterrestrial intelligences, should That is indeed a great idea! they may call them something else, such as freemblookum primes, actually they call them du=fjxxqr'eowcs-ss, although I never heard them

Mersenne: all these primes...

1999-02-20 Thread oliverbc
i like the idea of finding larger and larger prime numbers but i still dont know what this will do for modern mathematics. Since numbers are infinite, these primes must also be infinite but with higher counts between each one. what's happening here; will future mathematicians really need this

Re: Mersenne: all these primes...

1999-02-20 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 08:13 PM 2/20/99 +0100, you wrote: i like the idea of finding larger and larger prime numbers but i still dont know what this will do for modern mathematics. Since numbers are infinite, these primes must also be infinite but with higher counts between each one... Actually, it is unknown