Prime Number Spiral

Re:Prime Number Spiral by drvdevd on Sunday January 01, 2017 @06:50PM (#13298106)

I haven't read the article yet but your comment just reminded me of one of my all-time favorite movies: Pi (1998). Please watch it if you haven't!

[edit] took a look and this is quite beautiful. Of course the search for a pattern in the primes could easily take over your mind...

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Re:Prime Number Spiral by leeoniya on Sunday January 01, 2017 @07:24PM (#13298236)

i liked Pi a lot, but the thing that nagged me is how any name that could ever hope to be spoken be represented by 216 digits :/

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Re:Prime Number Spiral by hvidgaard on Monday January 02, 2017 @03:02AM (#13299719)

For that to happen, we need the number to be a "Normal number" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number). We just don't know if Pi is normal or not - it's expected to be.

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Re:Prime Number Spiral by leeoniya on Monday January 02, 2017 @09:11PM (#13306122)

i have no idea how this follows from my comment.

all i'm saying is that any spoken name which must be represented by 216 digits would be an order of magnitude more ridiculous than Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-22762040

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Re:Prime Number Spiral by hvidgaard on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @02:21AM (#13316342)

My mind was in a completely different world when I wrote that reply. You're right, it doesn't have much to do with your comment.

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