The Most Wanted Prime Number

Featuring Neil Sloane.

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Neil Sloane is the founder of The OEIS: https://oeis.org

More videos with Neil: http://bit.ly/Sloane_Numberphile

Prime Playlist: https://bit.ly/PrimePlaylist

Note the 17350-digit prime we feature is more accurately classed as a "probable prime" at this time.