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Classic Math Puzzle Cracked

Posted by timothy on from the numberology dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This is cool - if mind-bending. A century ago, a self-taught math genius from India noticed some patterns in how numbers can be created by adding other numbers. Now a grad student has finished the job showing that the patterns apply to all prime numbers, not just some. There's more on the Indian math guy here."

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  1. Numbers were there before the big bang by arrowman · · Score: 5, Funny

    "how numbers can be created by adding other numbers"... that sounds more like the observation of an American presidency guy.

  2. In other news... by BigBadDude · · Score: 5, Funny

    "A decade ago, a self-taught computer genius from Finland [...] There's more on the Finish computer guy here."

    (I think you get the point)

  3. Re:Srinivasa Ramanujan? by famebait · · Score: 5, Funny

    All the nerds with jobs will be there, those in the US will be burger flippers (*) or on the street, and Slashdot's future audience will be over in India.

    This will in turn reduce productivity in India so much that America becomes competitive again! Brilliant!

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    sudo ergo sum