as days pass by

A bit of maths-y fiddling around on a Sunday afternoon.

Fascinating video on the Trinity Hall prime at Numberphile:

Apparently, Professor James McKee found a prime number which, when written out as ASCII art, looks like the crest of Trinity Hall college. Jack Hodkinson at Cambridge then searched for and found a prime which looks like a picture of Corpus Christi college (via Futility Closet). That seems like a cool idea. So, with a bit of help from aalib in JavaScript and the Miller-Rabin primality test, plus a bit of scaling images up and down in Gimp, I found this 2,850-digit prime:

777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,577,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,752,385,356,867,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,775,352,235,666,688,668,667,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,776,765,555,556,666,856,868,667,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,222,335,666,666,866,686,666,665,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,355,336,358,866,556,666,655,665,655,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,733,552,236,666,666,655,665,665,666,555,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,276,265,666,666,656,655,555,555,555,533,777,777,777,777,777,777,253,252,566,666,665,555,556,555,555,565,557,777,777,777,777,777,725,222,236,666,565,555,555,556,555,535,355,237,777,777,777,777,772,266,725,366,535,555,355,555,555,553,553,533,577,777,777,777,777,272,637,356,655,555,555,353,535,556,655,355,332,277,777,777,777,772,235,775,355,665,553,355,353,535,533,555,555,223,777,777,777,777,322,222,255,555,556,353,555,355,336,355,653,533,537,777,777,777,772,222,225,555,565,555,355,335,355,356,555,655,353,237,777,777,777,772,272,355,553,553,355,535,353,365,355,355,553,523,577,777,777,777,332,333,566,333,553,555,533,355,355,555,555,353,555,677,777,777,777,332,355,555,555,555,555,555,553,555,535,555,666,556,777,777,777,775,533,355,535,355,553,565,535,353,655,655,555,565,557,777,777,777,756,533,555,533,335,353,566,655,353,566,535,656,655,577,777,777,777,565,353,535,535,553,335,566,666,555,666,568,566,665,777,777,777,775,633,535,555,555,555,535,565,556,555,666,566,666,677,777,777,777,758,333,333,355,555,656,556,565,866,666,866,658,667,777,777,777,777,582,233,333,333,355,565,555,566,666,666,868,666,677,777,777,777,775,822,333,333,333,535,555,556,666,666,668,688,586,777,777,777,777,736,355,333,333,355,556,555,636,666,686,688,888,557,777,777,777,777,565,555,555,333,555,566,666,565,686,666,886,886,777,777,777,777,776,656,888,853,335,556,686,556,666,666,868,886,887,777,777,777,777,775,356,368,532,355,555,688,666,866,666,668,668,877,777,777,777,777,732,233,553,223,323,335,533,556,666,686,686,686,777,777,777,777,777,323,333,332,222,233,332,233,568,665,666,656,337,777,777,777,777,773,233,333,322,222,223,222,223,566,556,655,533,777,777,777,777,777,722,333,232,222,222,233,222,225,665,555,632,277,777,777,777,777,777,323,333,322,222,223,222,222,236,553,553,222,777,777,777,777,777,777,233,232,222,223,232,222,223,355,533,552,277,777,777,777,777,777,772,333,333,222,233,322,222,223,353,233,355,777,777,777,777,777,777,723,333,355,665,533,233,333,333,322,335,677,777,777,777,777,777,777,735,533,333,222,233,333,333,332,223,356,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,555,333,232,222,333,333,333,222,233,677,777,777,777,777,777,777,772,533,332,222,222,333,333,322,222,255,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,775,356,566,665,553,333,333,222,223,557,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,733,335,333,332,223,333,332,222,233,577,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,233,335,332,222,223,332,322,222,233,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,333,232,222,222,223,332,222,222,237,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,773,222,222,222,222,223,222,322,222,377,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,222,222,222,222,323,332,222,223,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,773,232,222,222,333,353,222,222,227,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,733,332,222,223,355,322,222,222,277,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,755,333,333,555,533,222,222,222,277,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,775,555,555,322,222,222,222,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,755,555,533,222,222,222,227,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,755,553,332,222,222,222,227,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,555,533,322,222,222,222,227,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,773,553,332,222,222,222,222,277,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,777,735,533,322,222,222,222,222,277,779,769

although it looks rather better when properly formatted.

77777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777
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77777777777777777777777577777777777777777777777777
77777777777777777777775238535686777777777777777777
77777777777777777753522356666886686677777777777777
77777777777777776765555556666856868667777777777777
77777777777777722233566666686668666666577777777777
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77777776656888853335556686556666666868886887777777
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77777777323333322222223222222236553553222777777777
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77777777723333355665533233333333322335677777777777
77777777773553333322223333333333222335677777777777
77777777775553332322223333333332222336777777777777
77777777772533332222222333333322222255777777777777
77777777777535656666555333333322222355777777777777
77777777777333353333322233333322222335777777777777
77777777777233335332222223332322222233777777777777
77777777777733323222222222333222222223777777777777
77777777777732222222222222232223222223777777777777
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77777777777777323222222233335322222222777777777777
77777777777777333322222233553222222222777777777777
77777777777777755333333555533222222222277777777777
77777777777777777777555555532222222222277777777777
77777777777777777777555555332222222222277777777777
77777777777777777777755553332222222222227777777777
77777777777777777777755553332222222222222777777777
77777777777777777777735533322222222222222777777777
77777777777777777777735533322222222222222277779769

I think I’ll call it the Niamh Prime.

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