Dec 28
Distributed computing enjoys prime success - ZDNet UK News
A Central Missouri State University team using more than 700 computers has found the largest prime number so far, a gargantuan 9,152,052-digit numeral
Wow! That’s about 1.3 million more digits than the last one found. There’s $100,000 in it for the first one to come up with a 10 million digit prime. Doesn’t look like that is far off.
NOTE to the non-mathematicians: a prime number is a number that is only by itself and 1. Large primes have become particularly useful in modern cryptography, the science of making and breaking codes. For more information on how you could get in on the action, check out GIMPS
HT: Mathematics Weblog
written by SplineGuy
Dec 28
I am becoming a goal oriented person. That’s not been true my entire life but having just finished some major long term goals this year, I am now in a bit of a vacuum when it comes to life goals. I had a few big ones, such as finish my Ph.D., have a family, teach mathematics at a University. Check, check and check. Over the next few days, I am going to be writing the goals of 2006 into a new page on this blog. You’ll find the link to the right under my reading list link (which is also going to be revised and updated). These may be a little cheesy, but sounds like a good guide to me.
Resolution Solution
Joan Esherick, a freelance writer, lives with her family in Pennsylvania.
Need Some Goal-Setting Help? Here are 10 easy tips:
- Write down your goals.
- Then cut them in half!
- Tell someone your goals.
- Keep track of your progress.
- Reward yourself with each success.
- Be optimistic.
- Be prepared for difficulty and failure.
- Adjust course as needed.
- Measure growth by months and years, not days.
- Treat each day as a brand-new beginning.
—J.E.
written by SplineGuy
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