# What does anyone do with huge prime numbers?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-anyone-do-with-huge-prime-numbers/465688>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 29, 2008, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-anyone-do-with-huge-prime-numbers/465688 "2008-09-29T07:39:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-anyone-do-with-huge-prime-numbers/465688/21 "2008-10-01T13:41:05Z")

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> [@smiling\_bandit](#):
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> Believe it or not, this is how mathematicians get laid.

If hundreds of mathematicians were laid end to end, they would still have no success with women. :eek:🙂

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-anyone-do-with-huge-prime-numbers/465688/22 "2008-10-01T18:32:08Z")

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> If hundreds of mathematicians were laid end to end, they would still have no success with women.

…Says the chess player.

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**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-anyone-do-with-huge-prime-numbers/465688/23 "2008-10-01T18:38:33Z")

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> [@glee](#):
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> If hundreds of mathematicians were laid end to end, they would still have no success with women. :eek:🙂

Hey now that’s not fair, you should see the twist Möbius put on the old 69. 😉

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**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-anyone-do-with-huge-prime-numbers/465688/24 "2008-10-01T21:01:37Z")

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This particular prime was calculated to win a contest to bring attention to a charitable organization.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-anyone-do-with-huge-prime-numbers/465688/25 "2008-10-01T21:23:09Z")

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A lonely young math whiz sublime  
Was trying to find a big prime  
But Mobius twisted it  
till its head touched its first digits  
It brought a twist to the old 69

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