A Prime Joke

A Prime Joke
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The mathematical equivalent of finding out Santa isn't real. Mersenne casually drops that 10089559816 is prime. Euler smugly reveals it's actually 898423 × 112303. Meanwhile, the rest of us are questioning how Euler factorized that monstrosity without a calculator or even electricity. The 18th century mathematician was probably just doing it in his head while sipping tea and writing three other papers simultaneously. Some people juggle, Euler factorized primes.

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