Mathematics is Front Page News!

Wednesday 2 March 2005 at 5:59 pm | In Articles | Post Comment

It’s not often that mathematics gets onto the front page of a national newspaper but today the discovery of the latest prime has pride of place on the front page of the Guardian together with a colourful picture of some of the digits of this prime number. You can see the front page here (the story is the middle column) and read the story itself here.

Full details are at The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS)

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