A titan, as defined by Samuel Yates, is anyone who has found a titanic prime . This page provides data on those that have found these primes. The data below only reflect on the primes currently on the list. (Many of the terms that are used here are explained on another page .)
Proof-code(s): g209 , g354 E-mail address: woltman@alum.mit.edu Web page: http://www.mersenne.org/ Username: Woltman
(entry created on 01/18/2000) Database id: 44
(entry last modified on 03/28/2006) Active primes: This entry has no primes on the current list. Total primes: number ever on any list: 130.333 (unweighted total: 143) Production score: no primes, so no score for current list, total 41.6783
Descriptive Data:
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George Woltman was born in November 1957 and became
interested in number theory at the age of six. George
graduated from MIT with a BS and MS in Computer Science in
1978. He worked on operating systems for Data General in
R.T.P., N.C. until 1981. From 1981 to 1986, he worked on
ALLY, a 4GL for a small company in Cary, N.C. In 1986,
co-founded Q+E Software which developed database access
tools for Microsoft Windows. In 1994, moved to Orlando, FL,
where he works for Just For Fun Software. He is married to
the lovely Jan Woltman for 10 years. George began the
GIMPS project
in early 1996 which found their first Mersenne prime later that year.
I am George F. Woltman and I would like to
Surname: Woltman (used for alphabetizing and in codes)
