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Re:2^74207281-1 is Prime by ctdonath on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @01:49PM (#10932904)
Someplace used to print Mersenne primes as posters. IIRC they were using a font around 2 points. Probably given up now...
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Re:2^74207281-1 is Prime by ribasushi on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @06:59PM (#10935071)
The person died, and the art with him :( http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=19100
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Re:2^74207281-1 is Prime by sanoli on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @07:57PM (#10935314)
I remember those. They either came with a loupe, or mentioned explicitly to the buyer that you needed one to see individual numbers. Always wanted to get one. It looked like an all grey poster if you didn't know what it was.
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