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I had to follow your link to get it: I hadn't realized that 57 is not prime. At least I'm in good company.
by cbolton 5mo ago
I had to follow your link to get it: I hadn't realized that 57 is not prime. At least I'm in good company.
- Npovview 5mo agoTake 111 as an example.
- karmakurtisaani 5mo agoIt looks like a prime, but can be caught with the second-simplest test: sum of the digits is 12, which is divisible by 3. Hence it's divisible by 3. (The simplest test being of course if the number is even and bigger than 2) Edit: now that I think about it, probably should not have tried to impose ordering to the simplicity of tests. There's of course the divisibility by 5 test, which is even simpler.
- hiAndrewQuinn 5mo agoIn fact, most 2 digit numbers not divisible by 2, 3, or 5 are prime. [1] The only one that's likely to ruin your day is 7 * 13 == 91, but that's self-defeating because after you think about it long enough 91 falls victim to [2]. [1] https://til.andrew-quinn.me/posts/most-2-digit-numbers-not-divisible-by-2-3-or-5-are-prime/ https://til.andrew-quinn.me/posts/most-2-digit-numbers-not-d... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interesting_number_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interesting_number_paradox
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- seanhunter 5mo agoJohn H Conway proved that the smallest number which looks prime, but isn’t is 91. https://youtu.be/S75VTAGKQpk?si=fCGilXECmCOy7T7R https://youtu.be/S75VTAGKQpk?si=fCGilXECmCOy7T7R “This is an important theorem, and a result I’m very proud of.”
- alkyon 5mo agoI just noticed that it's 60-3 without any divisibility tests. Tao's 27 prime was much more embarassing but understandable as he's no a calculator. Savants are for things like remembering the first million primes. Someone like Tao or Grothendieck can't remeber them beyond 20, but it doesn't mean they can't actuly reason about them.
- karmakurtisaani 5mo agoWhat's Tao's 27 prime again?
- alkyon 5mo agoWas mentioned in a twin thread: "27 is a Tao prime. Terence Tao suggested 27 was a prime number on The Colbert Report in 2014. He was likely very nervous."
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- tensegrist 5mo agothere was some interview where he illustrated the idea of a twin prime pair using 27 and 29
- analog31 5mo agoIt's referred to as the Grothendieck Prime for this reason.