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You are not logged in. #1 2006-07-18 17:00:48
Prime NumbersPhysicist: 3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 is an experimental error, 11 is a prime,... "The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman #2 2006-07-18 23:31:03
Re: Prime NumbersPhilosopher: 3 is prime if it exists, 5 is prime if it exists, 7 is prime if it exists... "In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..." |