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Re: really? (lame question about primes)

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From Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
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On 02/09/2015 16:49, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> Richard Heathfield<rjh@cpax.org.uk>  writes:
>
<snip>
>>  perhaps it's for the best - if he explained, we would say (just as
>>  Watson said after Holmes had explained a deduction) "Oh, how absurdly
>>  simple!" So let's just applaud Ben and spare him his blushes.
>
> It's embarrassing only because I did nothing interesting.  I ran 'gp'
> and typed
>
>   factor(6666666666666666666666666666666664295863450544367679162527001239842359)
>
> at the prompt just to see if it could, and after minute or two it
> replied:
>
>    %1 =
>    [67499999992406250000094921874999003 1]
>    [98765432109876543210987654321098453 1]

Oh, how absurdly simple!

-- 
Richard Heathfield
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really? (lame question about primes) fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-08-31 12:07 -0700
  Re: really? (lame question about primes) Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-08-31 23:23 +0100
    Re: really? (lame question about primes) fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-09-01 01:18 -0700
      Re: really? (lame question about primes) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-09-01 11:01 +0200
        Re: really? (lame question about primes) Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-01 12:20 +0100
          Re: really? (lame question about primes) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-01 15:48 +0100
            Re: really? (lame question about primes) fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-09-01 13:26 -0700
              Re: really? (lame question about primes) Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-02 02:12 -0500
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-02 08:38 +0100
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-09-02 14:03 +0200
          Re: really? (lame question about primes) fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-09-01 13:24 -0700
            Re: really? (lame question about primes) Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-01 22:27 +0100
              Re: really? (lame question about primes) fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-09-01 15:02 -0700
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-01 23:20 +0100
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) bartekltg <bartek@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 01:22 +0200
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-09-01 17:18 -0700
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-02 02:19 +0100
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) James Dow Allen <gmail@jamesdowallen.nospam> - 2015-09-02 12:42 +0000
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-02 14:21 +0100
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2015-09-02 17:45 +0200
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-02 18:06 +0100
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) James Dow Allen <jdallen2000@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-03 17:05 -0700
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) bartekltg <bartek@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 02:18 +0200
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 22:37 -0700
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 23:49 -0700
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 00:18 -0700
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-04 08:25 +0100
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-02 14:36 +0100
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-02 16:49 +0100
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-02 17:32 +0100
            Re: really? (lame question about primes) Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2015-09-01 22:55 +0000
              Re: really? (lame question about primes) bartekltg <bartek@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 01:15 +0200
          Re: really? (lame question about primes) bartekltg <bartek@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 03:19 +0200
            Re: really? (lame question about primes) Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-02 02:37 +0100
              Re: really? (lame question about primes) bartekltg <bartek@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 11:24 +0200
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-02 10:42 +0100
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 03:01 -0700
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) bartekltg <bartek@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 12:28 +0200
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-09-02 14:12 +0200
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-02 13:19 +0100
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) bartekltg <bartek@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 14:56 +0200
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-09-02 15:47 +0200
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) bartekltg <bartek@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 16:27 +0200
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-09-02 16:37 +0200
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) bartekltg <bartek@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 17:01 +0200
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-09-03 10:55 +0200
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 10:05 +0100
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-09-03 11:49 +0200
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 10:54 +0100
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-09-03 13:22 +0200
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) bartekltg <bartek@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 13:58 +0200
                Re: really? (lame question about primes) Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-02 13:34 +0100
  Re: really? (lame question about primes) Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-31 23:10 -0500

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