We usually discuss the
Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) in the Fundamentals class. This week it made it into the news because a journalist at
NPR did a story about the project. Surprisingly, the story comes not when another large prime has been found, but when the journalist is encouraging others to join the search so that he can win a bet. This story was on 'NPR's most emailed stories.'
Mike, thanks for passing this along. I finally got around to joining GIMPS today (ahhh ... procrastination is a wonderful thing).
ReplyDeleteI won't quit my day job anytime soon, but if I win $, the coffee's on me!