However, that prime keeps getting larger as computing power increases. Thirty years ago there were, and still are, books of primes.
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:53 AM, R.E. Boss <[email protected]> wrote: > > > [email protected]] Namens Zsbán Ambrus > > Verzonden: woensdag 15 april 2009 14:15 > > Onderwerp: Re: [Jprogramming] table of primes to 1,000,000,000 or more > > > (...) > > Also, a table of primes is never worth to download or store, as it's > > faster to generate them online than reading them. > > > > Ambrus > > > This "never" seems incorrect, assumed reading is linear (in the number of > primes) and generating is not. > How long took it to generate the largest known prime? Definitely longer > than > reading it. > So there is a prime after which is it worthwhile to store the larger > primes. > > > R.E. Boss > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
