Prime numbers
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03-25-2016, 12:24 PM
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RE: Prime numbers
(03-24-2016 11:59 AM)Tugdual Wrote: Regarding the original topic, I believe that considering digits is never a good idea. Digits are just the letters in a certain base that form words to represent a number. The number as a whole means something while the first digit (base 10) is the number modulo 10. Not related with primes but surprisingly (at least to me) there exist formulas to compute the \(n^{th}\) digit of \(\pi\) in isolation, not needing to compute the previous \(n-1\) digits. Such formulas work in base 16, so in some cases, studying the digits in certain bases can give really interesting results and, of course, insight. Regards. |
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RE: Prime numbers - Vtile - 03-23-2016, 11:51 PM
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RE: Prime numbers - Paul Dale - 03-24-2016, 08:07 AM
RE: Prime numbers - Tugdual - 03-24-2016, 11:59 AM
RE: Prime numbers - Don Shepherd - 03-24-2016, 01:23 PM
RE: Prime numbers - Tugdual - 03-24-2016, 07:51 PM
RE: Prime numbers - emece67 - 03-25-2016 12:24 PM
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