Prime numbers on radio
 

I was listening to this on BBC radio 4 this morning, but unfortunately, I had to go into work :sad: Luckily, its on the 'listen again' on the BBC web site. They do, however, say that M13466917 is the largest known prime

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/another53.shtml[/url]

[QUOTE=ninjabill]They do, however, say that M13466917 is the largest known prime

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/another53.shtml[/url][/QUOTE]

In Wednesday 29 October 2003 it probably was.

To BBC radio:

Hello and welcome to last week.

BBC still haven't put up last thursday's 'Today' :sad:

fortunately, the item was probably only trailling the 'in out time' programme that was on later that morning. See this thread:

[URL]http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=5199[/URL]

richard

A little more up to date....
 

In case you missed it, 'In Our Time' with Melvyn Bragg is a podcast now, and the last one was Prime Numbers. Can be downloaded here

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime.shtml[/url]

Interesting for the uninitiated,

Pete