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To: ThomasThomas

Not true. After the 1000th decimal place all subsequent numbers are divisible by 2 or 3. Prove me wrong.


7 posted on 05/29/2010 6:31:01 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (He is the son of soulless slavers, not the son of soulful slaves.)
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To: Amos the Prophet

Actually, proving that statement false is easy, since we only have to find one counter example, a feat that would only take moments on a computer.


8 posted on 05/29/2010 6:55:43 AM PDT by mattstat
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To: Amos the Prophet
Easy to prove incorrect beyond the 1000th decimal.
Consider “pi” even if you discard the first digit, 3, the remainder is an infinite irrational number and cannot be divided by 2 or 3.
If you are looking to play with primes here is a cool website: http://primes.utm.edu/nthprime/
10 posted on 05/29/2010 7:09:43 AM PDT by outofsalt ("If History teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything")
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To: Amos the Prophet
Divisible? di-

  a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “two,” “twice,” “double” (diphthong); on this model, freely used in the formation of compound words (dicotyledon; dipolar) and in chemical terms (diatomic; disulfide).

visible

a : capable of being seen

b : situated in the region of the electromagnetic spectrum perceptible to human vision —used of radiation having a wavelength between about 400 nanometers and 700 nanometers

Are you having problems with double vision?

11 posted on 05/29/2010 7:14:13 AM PDT by ThomasThomas (Sometimes I like nuts. That's why I am here.)
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To: Amos the Prophet
Not true. After the 1000th decimal place all subsequent numbers are divisible by 2 or 3. Prove me wrong.

Ever hear of prime numbers?

For example, 1009 is a prime number - only divisible by itself and 1.

Etcetera.

12 posted on 05/29/2010 7:18:11 AM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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To: Amos the Prophet

lol.....


14 posted on 05/29/2010 7:33:41 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Don't go chasing waterfalls.....)
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To: Amos the Prophet

Pi is not divisible by 2 or 3.


16 posted on 05/29/2010 8:29:14 AM PDT by B4Ranch ("You cannot defeat an enemy you will not define.")
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