Mathematicians Discover Prime Conspiracy

Quanta Magazine ^ | 13 Mar, 2016 | Erica Klarreich

[Scrambler Bob]

Well till you pointed that out I was ready to smart off that all prime numbers are followed by and preceeded by an even number.

But, calling them prime IS a micro-aggression.

[Talisker]

Secret Agent Man wrote: Yup. Gay as Gay Gayerson of Las Gaygas.

Hmmm... Sounds like a real foot-tapper...

[Larry381]

I want every illegal prime deported. I thoroughly oppose inter-marriage between prime numbers and red-blooded American numbers.

[Cvengr]

Yes, but you said that 4 times, whereas I said it 3 times, then 13, therefore I am the more unique observer of the prime. /:^)

[Celerity]

I do remember reading this very same thing in an 80’s issue of OMNI magazine.

[Nailbiter]

Do they run straight or are they that other flavor

[thecodont]

Did you steal that one from Steven Wright? :D

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

I know that 42 isn’t a prime number, but it darn well ought to be.

[ameribbean expat]

So...are we saying that Prime Numbers...discriminate?

[William Tell]

I have what might be a related theorem.

Every prime number ending in 9 is 100% guaranteed to be followed by an odd number ending in 1 before an odd number ending in 9. Similarly, primes ending in 1 are 100% guaranteed to be followed by an odd number ending in 9 before an odd number ending in 1.

[BereanBrain]

The “reason” we keep finding new things is because we THINK we understand stuff, when in reality we are like a blind man feeling our way along.

At any moment, our “view” or reality is the set of things we believe to be true.

Quantum State theory has proven that the “reality” of our universe is an projection, and similar to relativity, that view depends on the observer.

Yikes! This undermines the very notion that we can probe the universe like a tinker toy set.....Neil FullofGassy and Carl SayAgain? will be highly unpleased by this turn of events, because the emperor not only has no clothes, but is he really an emperor?

[headsonpikes]

“I know that 42 isn’t a prime number, but it darn well ought to be.”

42 wins a “participation prize” for being, like all non-primes, the unique product of a set of prime numbers : 2x3x7

[MtnClimber]

"I have what might be a related theorem. Every prime number ending in 9 is 100% guaranteed to be followed by an odd number ending in 1 before an odd number ending in 9. Similarly, primes ending in 1 are 100% guaranteed to be followed by an odd number ending in 9 before an odd number ending in 1."

Isn't that prejudicial and racist?

[lyby]

TWO is THE number! One (who does not qualify as prime) is the loneliest and three is a crowd. The others are boring, as I think out loud.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Bump.....

[T-Bone Texan]

In what way are prime numbers useful in cyber security?

[T-Bone Texan]

Omni was a great magazine!

My dad got me a subscription when I was 12.

It had a big influence on me.

[Hostage]

There are an infinite number of primes.

All numbers are factorable by primes.

He who knows the current largest prime has a number space that no one else knows.

He who has a number space unknown to others is secure; all others are insecure.

All unknown prime numbers are unpredictable and must be found by brute force computing.

Finding the next largest prime number is a function of computing speed and search algorithm.

This thread is about a statistical search algorithm that can boost chances of a ‘hit’.

[SAJ]

The Monty Hall problem is a practical example of a feature of conditional probability first discovered/demonstrated by Bayes. The solution has been implemented at all sorts of carnivals and county fairs and such. This problem has little if anything to do with number theory, sorry. (and DO switch your guess, should you find yourself playing in a "Monty Hall"-ish game).

FReegards!