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The largest known prime I was refering too was what is known now - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_known_prime_number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_
by Zenst 13y ago
The largest known prime I was refering too was what is known now - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_known_prime_number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_known_prime_number
So given that to know with all certaintity that only upto that value three times would be the only provable maximum value, until a new know prime is found and somebody invents a formular to drop in N and get the Nth prime out without waiting more than few seconds. Currently we can not do that at all, let alone that dream of many, maybe one day in our lifetimes.
I agree, it is a fine proof. I hope to appreciete it more over the following days. Lots to go over.
- jhart3333 13y agoIt's been a while since I studied this stuff and I screwed up a crucial part of the argument. The larger number isn't guaranteed to be prime. It's either prime or composite. In either case you end up with a prime not in the finite list of primes that follow from the assumption of a largest prime. Here is a link to a good explanation that includes the composite case: http://www.jimloy.com/number/primes.htm http://www.jimloy.com/number/primes.htm