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There Are Infinitely Many Prime Twins
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."
I think we all know the most elusive open problem in number theory is "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?"
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This stuff is so fascinating that I'm just sure I'll be the life of the party when I start talking about it!
"You know, mathematicians theorize that there's an infinite number of prime twins, and... hey, where are you going?"
You are in error. No-one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation.
Glancing at my list of twin primes I can see it's infinite.
but it hit /.'s maximum post size limit :(
I always thought that if God is anywhere to be found, it'll surely have to do something with prime numbers.. these are truly mysterious aspects of our reality.
we discovered a new way to think.
possible proof of the twin-prime conjecture
/. editors secretly managed to prove this theory before posting it ?
The words possible and conjecture appear above. Where does the definitive statement "There Are Infinitely Many Prime Twins" come into it? Have the the
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
They should have put it in 37 pages..
they're all odd.
(Waiting for my spot in the math hall of fame)
So long, and thanks for all the Phish
That's ``twin primes'', not ``prime twins''. So, no, there is not an infinite supply of hot double dates.
See what I've been reading.
In what Alien language is the article written???
While there are infinite amount of numbers, there are more numbers than others.
For an instance, there are more irrational numbers than integers. This has been mathematically proven.
This proof also shows why it is highly unlikely for a mathematics graduate to ever get a date, and is in fact impossible that they get a pretty one.
Just FYI.
Just check how long until the Olsen Twins are legal
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Even rarer are those pairs of primes known as the "conjoined twin" primes: those of the form p and p+1. Not many examples are known, but perhaps an infinite number are waiting to be discovered.
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I tried to read through some of the paper and math websites... and I was suddenly reminded why the diploma that will be handed to me at the end of the summer will say: :)
"Steven Gregory Woods... ENGLISH major"
Hopefully, math will turn out to be just a fad
Now I have something to use at the bars to pick up chicks this weekend! "Hey babe, I don't know how cute you think you are, but I know there are an infinite number of prime twins just waiting to factor this integer." That number theory talk always gets them interested.
Look on page 27. He's trying to integrate homeomorphic convergence using a Baxter-Bates supermodality, which Krause clearly explained is impossible for T(s) in a non-linear progression.
;)
Ok, just fuckin with ya. My mind wandered after I saw the word 'Abstract.'
- Given: There are infinitely many primes.
- Given: A certain positive percentage of primes differ by two.
- Given: Infinity times any positive number is infinity.
- Therefore: There are infinitely many primes that differ by two.
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.(Spot the logical error and you win a cookie!)
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When I was in high-school in 1978, my math teacher, Alan Crokall (sp?) gave me the programing/math assignment of either proving Goldbach's Conjucture or finding a counter example. He later explained that he wanted me to find the counter example so that it could be called "Goldberg's rejecture of Goldbach's conjecture".
And you can find out about Goldbach's conjecture if you don't already know what it is.
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I propose the geordieboy conjecture:
There are an infinite number of prime n-pairs, where
an n-pair is a pair of prime integers (p,p+n).
I also propose geordieboy's second conjecture:
There are an infinite number of prime tuples, where a prime
tuple is a set of prime integers of the form (p+a,p+b,p+c,...)
where (a,b,c,...) is a set of any integers of your choosing.
Get stuck in you poor bastards!
The world is everything that is the case
We can all agree to this:
1) There are an infinite number of numbers out there (hence the word infinite)
2) Therefore there would have to be infinite number of primes
3) Therefore there would have to be an infinite number of twin primes
4) Even if I have to go out to the numbers in the infinitieth range of digits, and the infinitieth range beyond that...and the *head explodes....brain stack overflow...*
...in bed
I never would have expected those things to be related to primes.
if a=b, then:
a^2=ab
a^2-b^2=ab-b^2
(a-b)(a+b)=b(a-b)
a+b=b
substitute in the original a=b equation
2a=a
2=1
wtf? So where's the error? :)
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Teaching you to spell?
Teaching you to think would probably be a good thing too - but I'm not sure a mathematician would be appropriate for that task.
Pi isn't infinite. In fact it is a bit less than four. And, four is finite.
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