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Why do people find these big primes?
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Why
do people find these primes?
(from the Prime Pages ' list of frequently
asked questions )
GIMPS found two new primes : 2 43112609 -1 (about 12.9 million digits, Aug 08) and 2 37156667 -1 (only 11.1 million digits, Sept 08).
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"Why?" we are often asked, "why would anyone want to find a prime that
big?"" I often now answer with "did you ever collect anything?""
or "did you ever try to win a competition?"" Much of the answer for why
we collect large primes is the same as why we might collect other rare
items. Below I will present a more complete answer divided into several
parts.
Tradition!
For the by-products of the quest
People collect rare and beautiful items
For the glory!
To test the hardware
To learn more about their distribution
For the money?
This does not exhaust the list of reasons, for example some might be motivated
by primary research or a need for publication. M"
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