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There Are Infinitely Many Prime Twins

Posted by michael on from the so-the-theory-goes dept.

fustflum writes "R. F. Arenstorf from Vanderbilt University has presented a 38-page possible proof of the twin-prime conjecture using methods from classical analytic number theory. The paper is on arxiv.org and is freely available to the public. Twin primes are pairs of primes where both p and p + 2 are prime. "It is conjectured that there are an infinite number of twin primes ... but proving this remains one of the most elusive open problems in number theory." More information about twin primes can be found on Mathworld."

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  1. All I can say is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Duh! I mean, who didn't know that!

  2. Re:Lehrer by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Have you heard of (relatively obscure comedian) here? If not, shame on you. I never heard about bill hicks till he was dead. I never got into sublime until what's his ass (being immense it is more appropriate than fact) croaked. I never listened to morphine until dana colley OD'd. Give it a rest already. If I hadn't grown up watching PBS (partially to blame for my insufferable nerdness which offsets the fun factor of my geekdom) I wouldn't know who the fuck he was either :P

    Furthermore I didn't know he had a Ph.D in mathematics. All I knew was that he played the piano and knew more about politics than I did.

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  3. Re:Number theory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Sorry, but most USain (as you so cleverly call us) are out enjoying our Memorial Day weekend, this is the weekend where we celabrate saving you sick fuck Euro-weanies from yourselves 50 years ago. Most likely the poster was another "fine" European expressing his Nationalistic views.

    I'm leaving tomorrow, damn eurotrash can have Slashdot for the rest of the weekend!

  4. Re:Can someone give me the math here? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If you think the Twin Prime Conjecture is so fucking easy, why don't you
    fucking prove it yourself, genius?