The quest to discover a new largest known prime has been on going for centuries. Those seeking to break the record for the largest known prime have pushed the bounds of computing.
Laplace’s explanation of the special 4:2:1 orbit ratio of Jupiter’s 3 innermost Galilean moons, the “Laplace resonance”, was assumed by Astronomers for centuries to be a stable phenomenon.
Computing of the future will be affected by a number of fundamental technologies in development today, many of which are already on the way to becoming commercialized.
