Why should I switch to Python? - Infinity of Primes

Moshe Zadka moshez at math.huji.ac.il
Wed Apr 5 02:57:53 EDT 2000


On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Gordon McMillan wrote:

> Oh, come on. There are at least 3 well known constructive 
> proofs that all odd numbers are prime:
> 
> The mathematician's:
>  3 is prime,
>  5 is prime,
>  7 is prime
>  as so on, by induction.
> 
> The physicist's:
>  3 is prime,
>  5 is prime,
>  7 is prime,
>  9 is prime <experimental error>
>  11 is prime...
> 
> The computer scientist's:
>  3 is prime,
>  3 is prime,
>  3 is prime ....

the biologist's:
  3 is prime,
  5 is prime,
  7 is prime,
  9 is prime,
 11 is prime,
--
Moshe Zadka <mzadka at geocities.com>. 
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