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by bifftastic 2y ago
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- ysofunny 2y agosorry, that's not a prime because 3*19
- cyberlimerence 2y agoIt's a joke. "Although fifty-seven is not prime, it is jokingly known as the Grothendieck prime after a legend according to which the mathematician Alexander Grothendieck supposedly gave it as an example of a particular prime number." [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/57_(number)#In_mathematics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/57_(number)#In_mathematics
- ysofunny 2y agoit's surrounded by 53 and 59 which is a twin with 61 then 67 but the fun part is how the same happens to these four numbers -30 so 23, 29 twin with 31 then 37 my problem is that I don't know why this would be important
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