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message 1: by RandomAnthony (new)

RandomAnthony | 14536 comments http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...

Over my head! Over my head!


message 2: by Usako (new)

Usako (bbmeltdown) ...I'll print it out for the math geeks at work.


Jackie "the Librarian" | 8991 comments Um, yay?


message 4: by Lori (new)

Lori Heh, I saw that yesterday and immediately backed out. My feeling was Who cares? Is this even applicable to, to anything?



message 5: by Matthieu (last edited Jun 17, 2009 10:42AM) (new)

Matthieu | 1009 comments Boy, if only we could find someone who's majoring in pure mathematics... I'm sure they'd find this interesting...

Excellent, Tony.


message 6: by RandomAnthony (new)

RandomAnthony | 14536 comments Heh...Matt...I was hoping you'd see this and explain it to me...


message 7: by Richard (last edited Jun 17, 2009 01:13PM) (new)

Richard | 347 comments "The new Mersenne was discovered by someone who was already a prime hunter. Odd Magnar Strindmo from Melhus, Norway, has been part of GIMPS since it began in 1996."

Was he called Odd Magnar before he became a part of GIMPS?


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