I am having a "problem" with Euclid's proof of the Infinitude of Primes. Sorry for the 'not so short post' ahead :) Please see this link for the modern...
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cino hilliard
hillcino368
Feb 1, 2004 7:00 am
... I was thinking more in these lines for the barhavioral science problem. There are 4 primes < 10 so if the group picks numbers less than= 10 they will on...
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Roger Bagula
rlbagulatftn
Jan 31, 2004 11:43 pm
With a functional Shannon entropy power of N=1/log(n) this function misses the first three primes , but does very well in the lower primes after that. ...
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Milton Brown
miltbrown@...
Jan 31, 2004 11:43 pm
There are infinitely many more odd primes than even primes! ... From: cino hilliard [mailto:hillcino368@...] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 8:57 PM ...
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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Jan 31, 2004 9:12 pm
... You can also ignore zeroing the bottom bit, because it always leads to a multiple of 2, and is thus never prime. ... We can estimate how many prime numbers...
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Décio Luiz Gazzoni...
decio@...
Jan 31, 2004 4:39 pm
... Hash: SHA1 I'm not sure if I understand PARI/GP's manual correctly, so I'm asking the list: does the quadhilbert() function in gp compute the Hilbert class...
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Chris Caldwell
primemogul
Jan 31, 2004 2:37 pm
... If you were going to build a wall out of bricks, you would need to know what size they are--many of the properties of the wall you build would depend on...
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Jose Ramón Brox
ambroxius
Jan 31, 2004 1:48 pm
I don't have the theory tools either to assure it, but I think that since the growth of your numbers is exponential, the number of primes you will find in...
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Payam Samidoost
samidoost
Jan 31, 2004 4:49 am
grandyogi (Please introduce yourelf, it's better) ... I do not count the words. But: This question is almost *always* asked from me by the people who have not ...
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John Olsen
john_olsen
Jan 30, 2004 10:12 pm
I'm new to the list, so just smack me if this is old stuff. Is there a name for primes that are somewhat similar to Mersenne, but having a single bit set to...
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Sibley
sibleyrt
Jan 30, 2004 4:19 pm
Or on the other end of the spectrum of answers to this not-so-defined question: The only way to know is to take a statistically significant sample of groups of...
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Andy Swallow
umistphd2003
Jan 30, 2004 1:41 pm
... But on the other hand, b******s to the applications, :-) The abstract theory of prime distribution theory goes way beyond any of the various little...
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Décio Luiz Gazzoni...
decio@...
Jan 30, 2004 9:51 am
... Hash: SHA1 ... Prime numbers have many applications in cryptography, group theory (which in turn has applications in the real world, such as physics),...
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mikeoakes2@...
mikeoakes2
Jan 30, 2004 9:18 am
In a message dated 29/01/04 17:57:33 GMT Standard Time, ... .. the same example! -Mike Oakes [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Alan Eliasen
aeliasen
Jan 30, 2004 6:27 am
... The probability is zero. The probability that anyone would even write down a positive real integer are zero. :) -- Alan Eliasen | "You...
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cino hilliard
hillcino368
Jan 30, 2004 4:57 am
Hi, This may at first seem as "unsolvable" but what would be a reasonable solution. Ten people in a bar are asked to write down a number. What are the odds...
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grandyogi
Jan 30, 2004 4:27 am
Dear Prime numbers group, In 50 words or less, please tell me why prime numbers are so good (besides the fact that they are the building blocks for all...
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antonioveloz2
Jan 29, 2004 4:45 pm
Here is another example pi = 2/Prod[1 + ((-1)^((Pn-1)/2))/Pn] where Pn is the n-th prime. You can find more information at ...
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mikeoakes2@...
mikeoakes2
Jan 29, 2004 10:05 am
In a message dated 29/01/04 06:04:15 GMT Standard Time, tom@... ... Here's one example. Define the so-called "character": Chi(n) = +1 if n = 1 mod 4 =...
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Edwin Clark
eclark222001
Jan 29, 2004 7:53 am
... One problem in searching the mathematical literature for something is knowing what names others may have given to the object of interest. For example about...
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Tom
thoeng
Jan 29, 2004 2:37 am
Is there a relationship known dealing with primes and just pi (not pi^2 or any other power) ? eg. sum(...)=pi or prod(...)=pi ============================== ...
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Tom
thoeng
Jan 29, 2004 2:37 am
Is there a relationship known dealing with primes and just pi (not pi^2 or any other power) ? eg. sum(...)=pi or prod(...)=pi ============================== ...
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Jose Ramón Brox
ambroxius
Jan 29, 2004 12:58 am
I think you can publish it here in the group, you will have a lot of witness that you were who got the idea. In addition, are you sure that your idea is not...
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Décio Luiz Gazzoni...
decio@...
Jan 28, 2004 8:55 pm
... Hash: SHA1 ... Unfortunately there's no such thing. When you are a PhD in your area of research, generally you know what's going on in it and if your idea...
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scotty4686
Jan 28, 2004 7:41 pm
I have a theory and I have been researching it for a few days and I haven't found anything like it. I need to know where I can find if it has been made before...
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chasag@...
chasag28
Jan 28, 2004 1:08 am
The trouble with patents, copyrights and lawsuits is that they are very cheap or free. If a patent on determining a prime number cost $10000 plus a yearly fee...
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Robert
robert44444uk
Jan 27, 2004 10:42 pm
I decided that octoproths best serve the series below for name. k*2^n+1, k*2^n-1, k*2^(n+1)+1, k*2^(n+1)-1, 2^n+k, 2^n-k, 2^(n+1)+k, 2^(n+1)-k, all probable...
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Cletus Emmanuel
cemmanu
Jan 27, 2004 5:29 pm
Marcel, At first, I thought, Why can't we use your software in the US? It made me sad. I thought you were to blame. But now I see. And I am furious about...
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cino hilliard
hillcino368
Jan 27, 2004 4:58 pm
Thanks Craig and others for the responses and answers. I now have a much better understanding of what is going on with this Marcel thing. I will admit, I used...
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Cletus Emmanuel
cemmanu
Jan 27, 2004 4:47 pm
Marcel, At first, I thought, Why can't we use your software in the US? It made me sad. I thought you were to blame. But now I see. And I am furious about...
