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    Fermat's Library‏ @fermatslibrary 20 Nov 2019
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    Start with 82 and go backwards to 1 8281807978777675747372717069686 7666564636261605958575655545352 5150494847464544434241403938373 6353433323130292827262524232221 2019181716151413121110987654321 ...this number is prime!

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      2. George-Dudley says,‏ @Finhook 20 Nov 2019
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        And this is just the kind of trivia my brain will want to store, which means that some potentially life-saving tidbit will now be overwritten. Thank you, Fermat.

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      3. Diapolo10‏ @diapolo101 20 Nov 2019
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        I gained the ability to recite the first 30 decimals of Pi from memory, at the expense of not being able to remember any new names. Worth it? Totally! ... ... ...not.

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      2. Tech Smith‏ @optionslion8 20 Nov 2019
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        And, what is the practical application of this?

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      3. brno‏ @notbrno 20 Nov 2019
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        does everything need a practical application?

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      2. Shayak Roy‏ @shayakroy94 20 Nov 2019
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        There is no better prime than 2, change my mind !!

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      3. Trevor Andersen‏ @trevorandersen 20 Nov 2019
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        Define the map "better" over the domain of primes.

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      2. Claudio Cicali  🇪🇺‏ @caludio 20 Nov 2019
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        Now I wonder if any (contiguous) subset of that number ia also prime...

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      3. Jos Wennmacker‏ @JosWennmacker 20 Nov 2019
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        Yes, 43.

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      2. BrendanEich‏Verified account @BrendanEich 20 Nov 2019
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        In Mathematica: Sum[i*100^(i-1), {i,10,82}]/10^9 + Sum[i*10^(i-1), {i,9}] In JS, using Horner's rule: function doit() { var p = 0n; for (n = 82n; n > 0; --n) { p *= (n < 10) ? 10n : 100n; p += n; } return p; }

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      3. CK Kashyap‏ @ckkashyap1978 20 Nov 2019
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        In picolisp :) (let P 0 (for N (range 82 1) (setq P (* P (if (< N 10) 10 100))) (setq P (+ P N))) P)

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