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Re:M(57885161) verified as 48th Mersenne Prime by limaoscarjuliet on Sunday October 10, 2021 @08:27AM (#28817868)
Yup. Math behind CT scan was developed in 1917. It was 50-ish years later it would be put to practical use. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radon_transform
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Re:M(57885161) verified as 48th Mersenne Prime by stathibus on Sunday October 10, 2021 @12:26PM (#28819662)
Apples and oranges. Naming more mersenne primes does not constitute discovering new mathematics. It's really very hard to argue that this is a good use of computing power.
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Re:M(57885161) verified as 48th Mersenne Prime by reikonomusha on Sunday October 10, 2021 @03:29PM (#28821223)
I think people will continue to search and observe things that they are unable to predict. This is true in almost any field.
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