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Prime Numbers Not So Random?

Posted by chrisd on from the voltron-under-control dept.

Jeff Moriarty writes "Some physicists believe they might have caught a whiff of a pattern in the sequence of prime numbers. This would have a huge impact across mathematics, and to people who just really like primes... or like being Prime."

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  1. Re:I found a pattern! by itsme1234 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Of course they are prime ! ANY number is either:

    6n (not prime of course)
    6n+1
    6n+2 (not prime of course)
    6n+3 (not prime of course)
    6n+4 (not prime of course)
    6n+5

    And 6n+5 is the same as 6(n+1)-1 so indeed you are right. You deserve a price for finding a 6th grade theorem.