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Scientists have created a random number generator that's truly random—and no, that's not an easy thing to do at all
For example, traditional computers may create encryption based on the result of multiplying two large prime numbers ... to not only generate these incredibly long, highly random numbers, but ...
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Peculiar Pattern Found in "Random" Prime Numbers
as if it were created by a random-number generator. But if the sequence were truly random, then a prime with 1 as its last digit should be followed by another prime ending in 1 one-quarter of the ...
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Peculiar pattern found in ‘random’ prime numbers
as if it were created by a random-number generator. But if the sequence were truly random, then a prime with 1 as its last digit should be followed by another prime ending in 1 one-quarter of the ...