Xeroc

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  1. Actually, Master_Q, the largest prime is: 2^13466917-1. It has 4053946 digits! The top 10 primes so far are:

    2^13466917-1

    2^6972593-1

    2^3021377-1

    2^2976221-1

    3 * 2^2145353+1

    62722^131072+1

    2^1398269-1

    1540550^65536+1

    1483076^65536+1

    1478036^65536+1

     

     

    Primes - very interesting stuff!!!

     

    It is also kind of interesting how many encryption algorithims are based on the difficulty of factoring huge numers into two large primes! A type of encryption that will become obsolete when quantum computing comes aound because quantum computers will be able to factor them in just minutes!

     

    Also, the number 137 is also prime!


  2. I believe that was becasue of the rulers, not the priniples of communmisim. Communisim is not by itself evil (I can't say it is the best society either) but no true communisim has ever really existed. Those were all dictatorships pretending to be communists.