Why I fell in love with monster prime numbers

Name: Why I fell in love with monster prime numbers
Uploaded: 2013-09-03T15:07:46Z
Duration: 17 min 3 s
Description: They're millions of digits long, and it takes an army of mathematicians and machines to hunt them down -- what's not to love about monster primes? Adam Spencer, comedian and lifelong math geek, shares his passion for these odd numbers, and for the mysterious magic of math.

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TED2013

• February 2013

They're millions of digits long, and it takes an army of mathematicians and machines to hunt them down -- what's not to love about monster primes? Adam Spencer, comedian and lifelong math geek, shares his passion for these odd numbers, and for the mysterious magic of math.