Saturday, September 27, 2008

A Week Of Numbers


Its been a week of numbers - $700Billion, a 6% Obama advantage, and now a new prime number.

There was a time when I enjoyed the study of mathematics.

So as geeky as it may be, this is a cool story.

If I remember correctly, a prime number is only cleanly divisible by itself and 1, such as 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, etc.

Breitbart.com: UCLA group discovers humungous prime number
Mathematicians at UCLA have discovered a 13-million-digit prime number, a long-sought milestone that makes them eligible for a $100,000 prize.

2 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

I say it should be named "The Paulson!" he wanted a big number here it is!!

Jim Sande said...

How about - "The Bush Family"