We can't STOP the EFF from awarding money. But we can't and SHOULDN'T change
any way in which it's being done now, which includes dividing up money in
some Jabibbian manner. In my opinion, as long as _nothing_ changes with
what's being done now, GIMPS isn't really in danger. Jump-aheaders will not
be that much of a problem because testing that large will take a LONG time
with present computers - I think.
** I think the best solution is a simple one. EFF should add the very
simple
requirement that the prize will be awarded to anyone finding the first 10M
digit prime ***using their own code***. They must provide the source code
in
claiming the prize.
** I don't think it fair that some dork gets awarded $100K for being lucky
while using *someone else's code* This takes 0 intelligence.
Hi,
I have a few questions which are not in the FAQ :
- - What about testing F24 with Pepin's test ?
*** I heard from John Selfridge and several others that such a computation
is
now underway.
- - Long ago ;-) I made some investigations about the period of inverse of
prime numbers (1/p) (Is this good English ?).
*** Why? The mathematics is simple and well understood and has been known
for centuries. Did you check the literature first, before wasting your
time??
What is it that causes people NOT to do even elementary reading first?
I found an empiric relation between the number of digits of the period
(d) et the fact that p is prime, namely that d is a divisor of p-1. I
have been told that this was proved by Gauss.
*** As, I said, try reading a book on elementary number theory. Look
up "Lagrange's Theorem".
Is there a Web page about this ?
** Does everything have to be on the Web? Have people gotten too lazy to use
a
library?
Is this could be of any use in the search for large primes ?
*** What it is that drives people who clearly have not even done their basic
homework in studying elementary background material to make random, ignorant
speculations? (i.e. "Is this [period length of 1/p] any use in the search
for
large primes?) If you had done basic reading, you would KNOW.
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