Re: Mersenne: Dissed again
May that those who are better qualified to correct my assumptions, but here's my take... I look at GIMPS' finding of large primes as an avenue of advancingthe concept of a Unified Theory for Mathematics - much like that whichyou hear aboutin Physics. Number Theory. Facinating field of study. Many seemingly unrelated ideas show interconnectedness. Example; take the series 1/(n-squared) where n goes from 1 to infinity; sum all the terms together and you get the value (pi-squared)/6. How does the summation of the inverse of all squares relate to the ratio of a circle'scircumferenceto its diameter?! How about another value that shows up all the time? - e the logarithmic constant. The distribution of primes across the natural number linehas a logarithmic form. So we have a way of closely estimating the nth prime P[n} but "close" just doesn't cut it does it? The fact is, as simple the concept of a prime is, we cannot say what the nth prime is. Nor can we sayifP[n] is prime, what is P[n+1]? We know there are twin primes, but we don't know if there are an endless number of them. We know there are Mersenne primes, but we don't know if thereare an endless number of them either. The way I see it. If we can find rhyme or reason to the exactnature of Mersenne primes (hopefully acquiring more data points will spur a new line of thought), that may help with the nature of primes in general. And that will undoubtedly have an impact across many current Number Theory dilemmas.Results from that would quite possibly become theglue to a Unified Theory. If you can't find the answer to a whole problem, break it down and try solving some of the pieces. If you solve a piece of the problem, the larger problem becomes easier. That's the way I think of GIMPS. aka DigitalConcepts www.teamprimerib.com - Original Message - From: Del S. Brand To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 3:14 AM Subject: Re: Mersenne: Dissed again I always get asked what is the purpose or use for such large prime numbers. Since I'm not a math geek, I don't know what to tell them. Any ideas? D.Brand
Re: Mersenne: Unable to communicate with server.
From: Torben Schlüntz [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS.: Does anyone know what happened to http://www.teamprimerib.com/rr1/topover.htm it has either been updated for days? The author of those pages is on holiday. Expect all to be back to normal after Labor Day (9/2). _ Unsubscribe list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
Mersenne: A runaway P95 install script?
Hi all. There was some discussion earlier about a team that reserved several thousand exponents only to let them expireafter 60 days. I'm not sure we ever resolved what was happening then, but we have something similar on another team now. Is there anyone who can speak for BART (machine) on netconx (team)? This machine began acquiring 33Ms every few minutes for the past day or two, and has amassed several hundred by now. If it is intentional fine. If not, since it is still reserving away, I thought bringing up the fact might lessen the longer term reservation impact. Respectfully, C. Garrison
Re: Mersenne: Prime freezing when connecting by DSL to Primenet
The side effect from killing the client I had was, that since the client wasn't stopped properly, I lostup to 4 hours of work - the time since the last save check point. - Original Message - From: Rob Reid To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 1:42 PM Subject: RE: Mersenne: Prime freezing when connecting by DSL to Primenet [...] There seem to be no side effect to killing the hung client unless the client was in the process of getting work in which case sometimes you are left with exponents showing on your Primenet report which are not in your worktodo.ini. In this case adding the entries to your worktodo seems to work. [...]
Re: Mersenne: Moving an assignment
Mary, I haven't done this myself, but give it a try. 1. Exit your client. 2. Copy your prime95 directory to your recipient's hard drive in a directory called prime95_tmp. 3. Edit that temporary directory's worktodo.ini and take out the exponents you do not want to transfer (leave the ones you do want to transfer). 4. Exit their primary client. 4. Start their temporary client from that directory. 5. Have them go to the Test Menu/User Information screen and change your info to theirs. 6. Have them Stop and then Start the client - I would expect that the info change would then get transmitted. 7. Exit their temporary client. 8. Edit their primary worktodo.ini to add the worktodo entries of their temporary client. 9. Also copy any p and q files corresponding to those transferred exponents, if any. 10. Start their primary server. Hopefully the are now running okay. 11. Edit your primary worktodo.ini and remove those transferred exponent work items. 12. Start you primary client. 13. If everything is okay, remove your p and q files corresponding to those transferred exponents, if any. 14. Remove both temporary directories. You said by hook or by crook. Simple roll eyes,smile. Carleton Garrison wwwdotteamprimeribdotcom - Original Message - From: Mary Conner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:07 PM Subject: RE: Mersenne: Moving an assignment [...] If George didn't do it, then there's got to be a way for me to move an exponent, by hook or by crook. Mary Conner _ Unsubscribe list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
