Samuel Yates
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Samuel Yates was a mathematician
who first described unique prime
s in the 1980s. In 1984 he began the list of "Largest Known Primes" and coined the name titanic prime
for any prime with 1,000 or more decimal digits. He also called those who proved their primality titans.
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
who first described unique prime
Unique prime
In number theory, a unique prime is a certain kind of prime number. A prime p ≠ 2, 5 is called unique if there is no other prime q such that the period length of the decimal expansion of its reciprocal, 1 / p, is equivalent to the period length of the reciprocal of q, 1 / q...
s in the 1980s. In 1984 he began the list of "Largest Known Primes" and coined the name titanic prime
Titanic prime
Titanic prime is a term coined by Samuel Yates in the 1980s, denoting a prime number of at least 1000 decimal digits. Few such primes were known then, but the required size is trivial for modern computers.The first 30 titanic primes are of the form:...
for any prime with 1,000 or more decimal digits. He also called those who proved their primality titans.