Issue 1 - July 2000
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| This is the 2000 digit prime number discovered recently by Dr John Cosgrave, a maths lecturer and head of mathematics at a Dublin College: This is not the largest prime ever discovered but it is definitely the first found to be exactly 2000 digits - a significant figure for the millennium. To go to Dr John Cosgrove's home page- http://www.spd.dcu.ie/johnbcos
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| maths news: from around the globe  |
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 Scientists suggest that David Seaman and Nigel Martyn should work hard at their geometry for part of their training. MORE |
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 A 2000 digit prime number was discovered recently by the head of mathematics at a Dublin College. MORE |
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 A retired statistician has invented a new scale for assessing the risks involved in various activities and has arrived at some interesting conclusions.. MORE |
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Having used his computer to search for prime numbers (to use in a course he teaches on cryptography and number theory) he compiled a list of over 300 numbers which he then checked for primes. He was actually on the lookout for a prime with at least a thousand digits - a "titanic" prime - and when he got to number 325 in the list chanced upon the millennium prime. 
