Yep. That's right up there with the press release from Cray that stated
that Slowinsky had discovered the 'thirty-nth prime number'.
Nathan Russell
FRANK_A_L_I_N_Y wrote:
>
> I am not sure I can trust the author of the article. If you look closely, he
> states that i is the square root of 1. i is the square root of -1
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nathan Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "xqrpa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 8:54 PM
> Subject: Re: Mersenne: Prime Time: L-L Test Doesn't Exist?
>
> > To be fair, the quote says that it is difficult to determine the
> > primarlity of 'a given large number'. Only an infentesimal fraction of
> > arbitrary large numbers are Mersenne, or other special forms like
> > 'Proth' primes.
> >
> > Nathan
> >
> > > xqrpa wrote:
> > >
> > > To All:
> > >
> > > In case you missed the article "Prime Time" in New Scientist, the URL
> > > is:
> > >
> > > https://www.newscientist.com/features/features.jsp?id=ns226444
> > >
> > > The author goes on to write:
> > >
> > >
> > > "Even so, it is mathematics that will gain the most. "Right now, when
> > > we tackle problems without knowing the truth of the Riemann
> > > hypothesis, it's as if we have a screwdriver," says Sarnak. "But when
> > > we have it, it'll be more like a bulldozer." For example, it should
> > > lead to an efficient way of deciding whether a given large number is
> > > prime. No existing algorithms designed to do this are guaranteed to
> > > terminate in a finite number of steps. "
> > >
> > > Well, the L-L Test seems to be just such an algorithm.
> > >
> > > Best Wishes,
> > >
> > > Stefanovic
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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