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Re:Mathematicians find a new class of digitally delicate primes by ABeeSea on Thursday April 01, 2021 @03:57PM (#26665286)
Primes are the same irrespective of base...
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Re:Mathematicians find a new class of digitally delicate primes by DannyB2 on Thursday April 01, 2021 @04:10PM (#26665428)
A prime might be 'delicate' in base 10 but not be delicate in base 8.

Another prime might NOT be delicate in base 10 but be delicate in base 8.

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Re:Mathematicians find a new class of digitally delicate primes by ABeeSea on Thursday April 01, 2021 @04:13PM (#26665452)
Right that’s explained in the article. I assumed OP only read the headline and assumed “digital” meant binary rather than an actual digit.
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Re:Mathematicians find a new class of digitally delicate primes by enchiridion on Thursday April 01, 2021 @04:02PM (#26665328)
Is this true for digitally delicate primes as well?
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Re:Mathematicians find a new class of digitally delicate primes by aardvark179 on Thursday April 01, 2021 @04:09PM (#26665405)
Different primes will be delicate in different bases (you can trivially demonstrate this by considering a prime n in base n-1) but they exist in all bases.
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