Hi, At 12:02 AM 11/5/2001 +0100, =?utf-8?Q?Torben_Schl=C3=BCntz?= wrote: >What will we do when anyone finds a number of 10 million+ digits which >is prime? > >Will everybody just leave the project because there is no prize to gain >any longer?
Careful reading of the prize rules show that $20,000 would go to GIMPS primarily to fund future awards. My goal would be $5000 per prime. That should keep us funded for a decade. Of course this is all very wishful thinking. It would take about 20,000 top-of-the-line P4 systems a year to have a 50% chance of finding a 10M prime. We will find it one day, but it is more likely to be when 5 and 10 GHz P4s are commonplace. _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
