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Re:Mathematicians find a new class of digitally delicate primes by RHSeeger on Thursday April 01, 2021 @08:13PM (#26667846)
I laughed at that a lot more than I should have. After a long day, thank you for that.
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Re:Mathematicians find a new class of digitally delicate primes by wahern on Thursday April 01, 2021 @09:06PM (#26668171)
The origin may be this comic: https://web.archive.org/web/20090125051251/http://cowbirdsin...
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Re:Mathematicians find a new class of digitally delicate primes by p1mrx on Friday April 02, 2021 @06:13AM (#26670278)
The origin was probably thousands of years ago; it's a basic property of positional number systems.
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Re:Mathematicians find a new class of digitally delicate primes by rizpanjwani on Friday April 02, 2021 @07:12AM (#26670501)
nice detail on the alien having 4 digits.
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