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Entries for October 8th, 2008

New, largest, known, prime number found (as of Sep 2008)

There is an infinite number of prime numbers. Prime numbers are of interest to mathematics because of the very fact that they do not appear in particular pattern. There is an ongoing struggle to see if primes can be fitted a pattern, perhaps the largest prize in number theory.
The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search has [...]

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Why the (tech) poor stay poor unless indigenized

One of the interesting demographics that define our world is the technological advancement of a country. And in that, there is a small set of countries which are clearly rich in technology, while the other lag far behind. I am, of course, talking about countries like USA, England, Germany, Japan, France, China etc.
But on the [...]

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