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I didn't claim there are an infinite number of Mersenne primes. I said the contest could presumably go on infinitely long. The latter doesn't require the former
by dataflow 2y ago
I didn't claim there are an infinite number of Mersenne primes. I said the contest could presumably go on infinitely long. The latter doesn't require the former. It's only predicated on us lacking proofs about how many there must be.
- Jerrrrrrry 2y ago>I didn't claim there are an infinite number of Mersenne primes. I didn't claim that you did, only that the contest... you actually almost got me :)
- dataflow 2y agoI mean, that's what I took from your comment here, quoting my "presumably": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41888609 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41888609