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pestaa on April 21, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Largest Known Prime by Year: A Brief History

I didn't know why primes are considered special, apart from the basic requirement they fulfill. GP sounded like they might serve a bigger unknown purpose.

eru on April 21, 2012 [–]

A study of number theory will enlighten you. By the way, 2 is most special prime. Lots of nice theorems about prime numbers have special cases for 2.

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