Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Missouri Researchers Find Largest Prime Number

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Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 10:58:44 -0600 (CST)
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On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Nathan Odle wrote:

Mike Miller wrote:
Update 1: Mo. Researchers Find Largest Prime Number
Headline is a little misleading, isn't it? If you RTFA it says largest *known* prime number, but the headline reads as if it means "Largest Prime Number [period]".

I guess I would have noticed if it had occurred to me that there is a finite number of primes. There are infinitely many primes and none is the largest. Titles are often shortened like that.

Mike

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