"So what is the application of this?"
I remember a grad student friend in my college days telling me that when mathematicians present their work, most of their peers never understand it and this is always the safe question to ask!
I remember a grad student friend in my college days telling me that when mathematicians present their work, most of their peers never understand it and this is always the safe question to ask!
Mill's number is shown to exist be showing that primes in certain ranges exist, and then building the number (somewhat like constructing a number from its decimal expansion).
So you don't use Mill's number to construct prime numbers, you use prime numbers to construct Mill's number.
So the possibility that someone would try to use this to claim the awards with no calculate occurred to someone (maybe Landon Noll) back around 1999.
B) Eternal fame.
C) Money. See https://www.eff.org/awards/coop
And, most importantly, it may advance mathematics.
"What are the applications of this?"
everyone gasps, stares at you
"...to the K-theory of arithmetic cobordisms."
everything goes back to normal, speaker answers the question