by Aussie Ben December 23, 2005
In traditional mathematics, an integer divisible only by 1 and itself.
Known to drive mathematicians mad searching for the next largest one - computers all over the world are continually searching. At the time of writing, the largest prime found was 12978189 digits in length.
Known to drive mathematicians mad searching for the next largest one - computers all over the world are continually searching. At the time of writing, the largest prime found was 12978189 digits in length.
1 is prime.
3 is prime.
7 is prime.
A joke in mathematical circles about the properties of induction goes something like:
Base case: 1 is prime
K+1 case: 3 is prime
Therefore all odd numbers are prime. QED
The joke being, of course - that due to faulty logic in the proof, the conclusion is that all odd numbers are prime - a clear fallacy (example: 21... 7*3=21 so 21 is NOT prime).
3 is prime.
7 is prime.
A joke in mathematical circles about the properties of induction goes something like:
Base case: 1 is prime
K+1 case: 3 is prime
Therefore all odd numbers are prime. QED
The joke being, of course - that due to faulty logic in the proof, the conclusion is that all odd numbers are prime - a clear fallacy (example: 21... 7*3=21 so 21 is NOT prime).
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