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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 :(
They should have put it in 37 pages..
they're all odd.
(Waiting for my spot in the math hall of fame)
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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???
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.
- First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then ???, then profit.
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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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
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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