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To: Carolyn who wrote (136331)3/2/2007 8:20:39 PM
From: Augustus Gloop  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 225578
 
The first hundred give them all



To: Carolyn who wrote (136331)3/2/2007 8:23:10 PM
From: kumar  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 225578
 
its a matter of being able to say with logic that a certain number is a prime number or not. is 1011 a prime number based on some formula thats been established ?



To: Carolyn who wrote (136331)3/3/2007 12:48:40 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 225578
 
NO. There is NOT. There is a mathematical theorem that states that the number of primes is infinite.

The Prime Number Theorem places an upper bound on the number of primes below any given number and also shows that the number of primes "thin out" with increasing nagnitude.
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