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Archive Home > 2008 > September > 27 > UCLA mathematicians claim record in search for prime numbers

UCLA mathematicians claim record in search for prime numbers

By Thomas H. Maugh II / The Bulletin
September 27, 2008

University of California, Los Angeles, mathematicians appear to have won a $100,000 prize from the Electronic Frontier Foundation for discovering a 13-million digit prime number that long has been sought by computer users.

While the prize money is nothing special, the bragging rights for....

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