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Nov 28, 2005 sector0 link
1097, how could anyone forget?
Apr 06, 2006 Cunjo link
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1103
1109
1117
1123
1129
1151
1153
1163
1171
1181
1187
1193
1201
Apr 07, 2006 mgl_mouser link
I had another number to prime these last few days so I did forget about this.

Here's a few in case you folks waited on me:

1213
1217
1223
1229
1231
1237
1249
Apr 08, 2006 Cunjo link
1259
1277
1279
1283
1289
1291
1297
Apr 10, 2006 mgl_mouser link
1301
1303
1307
1319
1321
1327
1361

I somehow have a hunch that both Cunjo and I will will run out of primes circa the 28,915th... am I right?
Apr 11, 2006 Cunjo link
you're wrong... I just finished writing a program that can find and test prime numbers up through over 2 billion... soon to be upgraded to a limitless scale, as soon as I finish reworking the program to use the BigInt class for number storage and operations...

1367
1373
1381
1399
1409
1423
1427
1429
1433
1439
1447
1451
1453
1459
1471
1481
1483
1487
1489
1493
1499

and so on....

It found all of those in about 4 seconds flat... The program (at it's current version) can do from 1 to 10,000,000 in about 15 minutes, which leads me to believe that whoever created that webpage for the "28,915 primes" (I just googled it) either didn't know what they were doing, or was using some highly inefficient method for testing them. (6 hours??? for only 1-336,551??)
Apr 26, 2006 mgl_mouser link
Eh. I got lazy and stopped looking at the first link I got back then.

1511
1523
1531
1543
1549
1553
1559
Apr 27, 2006 ghostieboy link
1601
1607
1609
1613
1619
1621
1627
1637
1657
1663
1667
1669
1693
1697
1699

phew
Apr 27, 2006 mgl_mouser link
Why do I have crazy ever-ending thread ideas?

I just though of another one wich I'm SURE will have more success as it doesn't involve any brain power... should I resist or unleash my wrath?

Meanwhile...

1709
1721
1723
1733
1741
1747
1753
1759
Sep 15, 2006 Person link