Unpronounceable: 243,112,609 − 1
And apparently, Chris Boone was right, you can earn money finding really really really really large prime numbers. Check this out.
"In 2008 the record passed ten million digits, earning a $100,000 prize.[5] Additional prizes are being offered for the first prime number found with at least one hundred million digits and the first with at least one billion digits.[1]"
- excerpt from wiki's article on the largest prime number.
And here's how you can win some $
Apparently there are free online softwares that can be run on your own computer in search of a really big prime number and if you're fortunate, you could win some money for it.
How cool is that right?
On the other hand, i wonder whether the amount of $ spent leaving your computer running will equate to your probability of you finding a really large number.
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