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#1 2013-04-20 04:59:56

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Prime Numbers

Statement All Prime numbers are odd

Proof
Lemma: A prime number greater than 2 is odd.
Proof: Assume the contrary, then 2 divides the number therefore it is not prime.

Now,
1. All prime numbers greater than 2 are odd
2. 2 is the only even prime number. Therefore, it is the oddest.

From 1 and 2, all prime numbers are odd


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#2 2013-04-21 01:47:02

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Re: Prime Numbers

Statement There are infinitely many prime numbers

Proof
Suppose that p1,p2,...,pn are n distinct primes. We construct a
prime pn+1 not equal to any of p1, . . . , pn, as follows. If
N =p1p2p3···pn +1
then there is a factorization N = q1q2 ···qm
with each qi prime and m≥1. If q1 =pi for some i,then pi |N. We also have pi |N−1, so pi |1=N−(N−1),which is a contradiction. Thus the prime pn+1 = q1 is not in the list p1, . . . , pn, and we have constructed our new prime.

Statement There are infinitely many composites.

Proof: To obtain a new composite number, multiply together the first n composite numbers and don’t add 1.

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#3 2013-12-10 14:19:17

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Re: Prime Numbers

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#4 2013-12-10 21:43:08

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Re: Prime Numbers

Agnishom wrote:

Statement There are infinitely many composites.

Proof: To obtain a new composite number, multiply together the first n composite numbers and don’t add 1.

This proof is valid and correct.


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#5 2013-12-11 00:50:58

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Re: Prime Numbers

Thanks smile


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#6 2013-12-11 11:02:04

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Re: Prime Numbers

It's not really a joke.

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#7 2013-12-11 12:59:16

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Re: Prime Numbers

Why not?


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#8 2013-12-12 03:50:42

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Re: Prime Numbers

Because it’s not funny. (#1 and #3 are funny; #2 isn’t.)

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#9 2013-12-12 12:57:58

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Re: Prime Numbers

Is not funny because it is valid?


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#10 2014-01-24 03:42:20

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Re: Prime Numbers

it would be really funny when we talk about these in classes when the chapters are going very seriously.


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