Ask HN: Why are large prime numbers important? What is the largest one found?1 points·by o_s_m·13 anni fa·1 comments1 commentsPost comment[–]gus_massa·13 anni fareplyIt’s a very generic question. Why are you asking it???Let’s try to give some information. First read Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number> Why are large prime numbers important?Pehaps I’m biased, but IMHO: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number#Fundamental_theore...> What is the largest one found?List at the bottom of the section: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number#Special-purpose_al...
Let’s try to give some information. First read Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number
> Why are large prime numbers important?
Pehaps I’m biased, but IMHO: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number#Fundamental_theore...
> What is the largest one found?
List at the bottom of the section: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number#Special-purpose_al...