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| − | '''George Woltman''' | + | '''George Woltman''' {{BirthDeath|1957-11-10}} is the founder of the [[Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search]] (GIMPS), a [[:Category:distributed computing project|distributed computing project]] researching [[Mersenne prime]] numbers using his software [[Prime95]] and [[Prime95|MPrime]]. He graduated from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) in 1978 with degrees in Computer Science, and is presently living in Orlando, Florida. His mathematical libraries created for the GIMPS project are the fastest known for [[multiplication]] of large [[integer]]s, and are also used by other distributed computing projects. |
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*[http://primes.utm.edu/bios/page.php?id=44 The Prime Pages Titan Biography] | *[http://primes.utm.edu/bios/page.php?id=44 The Prime Pages Titan Biography] | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Woltman Wikipedia article] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Woltman Wikipedia article] | ||
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Revision as of 09:25, 6 March 2019
George Woltman (∗ 1957-11-10) is the founder of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), a distributed computing project researching Mersenne prime numbers using his software Prime95 and MPrime. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1978 with degrees in Computer Science, and is presently living in Orlando, Florida. His mathematical libraries created for the GIMPS project are the fastest known for multiplication of large integers, and are also used by other distributed computing projects.
