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Was hoping someone at least bid a prime number. Sadly, $437 is also divisible by 19 and 23
by noahmbarr 6y ago
Was hoping someone at least bid a prime number. Sadly, $437 is also divisible by 19 and 23
- Stupulous 6y agoThe actual number was £347,250, which is £17 over the nearest prime number. In USD, the actual number was $437,955 (headline rounds down for some reason), $2 over the nearest prime. They were probably limited to 250$ differences, though, and 347 is prime, so that's something.
- eru 6y agoPrimes are pretty dense. So any random amount will be close to a prime number.
- GekkePrutser 6y agoThe enigma's encryption didn't have anything to do with primes though :) It was just a super complex automated substitution.