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Mathematicians Are Making Major Breakthroughs In The Understanding Of Prime Numbers
businessinsider.com ^
| Nov. 21, 2013, 3:07 PM
| Andy Kiersz
Posted on 11/23/2013 5:57:05 PM PST by BenLurkin
Most mathematicians have a sense that the twin primes conjecture should be true the positioning of the prime numbers appear to be more or less random, even though on average the gaps between primes get larger, and if one has an infinitely long list of random odd numbers, we should have an infinite collection of pairs in our list. If at some point, prime numbers are always more than two numbers away from each other, we have a non-random aspect to their distribution that goes against this intuition.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: primenumbers; stringtheory
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11/23/2013 5:57:05 PM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Dual primes are my favorite type of numbers.
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posted on
11/23/2013 5:59:51 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: BenLurkin
“Math is HARD!” ~ Barbie...and Diana in Wisconsin, LOL!
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11/23/2013 6:01:53 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: Paladin2
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posted on
11/23/2013 6:02:06 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Diana in Wisconsin; Paladin2
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posted on
11/23/2013 6:04:33 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
I’ve been saying that for years. (/s)
To: BenLurkin
Thanks for posting. Interesting stuff.
The internet is obviously helping to advance research by speeding communication and enabling collaboration. Once the concept of a bounded gap was introduced everyone piled on.
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posted on
11/23/2013 6:06:50 PM PST
by
MV=PY
(The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
“Math is HARD! ~ Barbie...and Diana in Wisconsin, LOL!”
I’ll have to put that question on my Match.com profile to ask woman before I talk to them!
To: BenLurkin
Wait, WHAT?... ugh.. Is there going to be a test at the end? OMG, I hope not.. :)
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posted on
11/23/2013 6:15:32 PM PST
by
carlo3b
(RUFFLE FEATHERS, and destroy their FEATHER NEST!)
To: BenLurkin
Most integers are very large.
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posted on
11/23/2013 6:15:43 PM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
( Concerning bo -- that refers to the president. If I capitalize it, I mean the dog.)
To: BenLurkin
One One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do.
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posted on
11/23/2013 6:18:38 PM PST
by
DManA
(rs)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
I think Mathematician Barbie is new for this Christmas season.
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posted on
11/23/2013 6:19:44 PM PST
by
DManA
(rs)
To: DManA
Okay. Now I have that song stuck in my head.
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posted on
11/23/2013 6:19:53 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/23/2013 6:20:15 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: BenLurkin
Called ear-worms. I get them too.
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11/23/2013 6:22:21 PM PST
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DManA
(rs)
To: Vendome
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posted on
11/23/2013 6:22:30 PM PST
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
To: BenLurkin
This has implications for the security of public key cryptography.
To: DManA
Ken says his prime numbers are 38 24 36
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posted on
11/23/2013 6:24:58 PM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Vendome
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11/23/2013 6:26:48 PM PST
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aruanan
To: BenLurkin
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11/23/2013 6:27:06 PM PST
by
lyby
("Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe." ~ Galileo Galilei)
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