Thread: 'No practical use' for 17-million digit prime number
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Default 'No practical use' for 17-million digit prime number
On Fri, 8 Feb 2013 18:11:11 -0000, "ARW"
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21382663

Why is it only "thought" to be the largest prime number ever identified?

It was just lying around, waiting to be discovered?
Feck me.
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