Why should I switch to Python? - Infinity of Primes
Gordon McMillan
gmcm at hypernet.com
Tue Apr 4 15:55:16 EDT 2000
David C. Ullrich wrote:
> ... Could be that there's a proof of the existence
> of infinitely many primes using FTA that has some property
> not shared by Euclid's proof, but "constructive" isn't it.
Oh, come on. There are at least 3 well known constructive
proofs that all odd numbers are prime:
The mathematician's:
3 is prime,
5 is prime,
7 is prime
as so on, by induction.
The physicist's:
3 is prime,
5 is prime,
7 is prime,
9 is prime <experimental error>
11 is prime...
The computer scientist's:
3 is prime,
3 is prime,
3 is prime ....
- Gordon
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