{"id":1149,"date":"2016-02-12T11:26:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T15:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/math\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2016-02-12T11:26:16","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T15:26:16","slug":"math-is-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/math\/math-is-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Math is Alive!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning in assembly I gave a presentation where I talked about the lively nature of mathematics, the largest known prime number, and black holes!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Math is Alive! New Largest Prime and Black Holes!\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yAAYLnwLAAk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/01\/22\/science\/new-biggest-prime-number-mersenne-primes.html?_r=0\">New Biggest Prime Number = 2 to the 74 Mil &#8230; Uh, It\u2019s Big<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/02\/12\/science\/ligo-gravitational-waves-black-holes-einstein.html\">Gravitational Waves Detected, Confirming Einstein\u2019s Theory<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/primes.utm.edu\/mersenne\/\">Mersenne Primes<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1145\" style=\"width: 606px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1145\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/math\/files\/2016\/02\/LargeNumbers.png\" alt=\"The new largest known prime number and the number of digits it contains!\" width=\"606\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/math\/files\/2016\/02\/LargeNumbers.png 606w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/math\/files\/2016\/02\/LargeNumbers-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/math\/files\/2016\/02\/LargeNumbers-250x127.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new largest known prime number and the number of digits it contains!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1146\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/math\/files\/2016\/02\/NEML5.png\" alt=\"NEML5\" width=\"597\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/math\/files\/2016\/02\/NEML5.png 597w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/math\/files\/2016\/02\/NEML5-300x282.png 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/math\/files\/2016\/02\/NEML5-250x235.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning in assembly I gave a presentation where I talked about the lively nature of mathematics, the largest known prime number, and black holes! 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