From: Robert Baillie <rjbaillie@frii.com>
To: math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 4:24 PM Subject: [math-fun] somewhat related to "words for really long numbers"
8,018,018,851 is the first prime number in alphabetical order (in english) (eight billion eighteen million eighteen thousand eight hundred fifty one)
the last prime in alphabetical order is 2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,002,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,002,000,000,002,293 (two vigintillion two undecillion two trillion two thousand two hundred ninety-three)
see: http://www.primepuzzles.net/puzzles/puzz_143.htm _______________________________________________
In order to justify the claim for the last prime, it seems necessary to have a naming algorithm that accepts all integers. Does such exist? -- Gene