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Re:Answer to a 150-Year-Old Math Conundrum Brings More Mystery by panic on Sunday June 21, 2015 @05:50AM (#9752804)
This constructive version doesn't work, though. The "new prime" 2×3×5×7×11×13 + 1 actually equals 59×509.
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Re:Answer to a 150-Year-Old Math Conundrum Brings More Mystery by makomk on Sunday June 21, 2015 @06:43AM (#9752902)
All of its prime factors are in fact new primes though - the constructive proof just requires you to use the prime factors of all the primes multiplied together, plus one.
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Re:Answer to a 150-Year-Old Math Conundrum Brings More Mystery by Dylan16807 on Sunday June 21, 2015 @07:27AM (#9752986)
Right, sorry, I should have said it gives you a new prime (or more), not that it is a new prime.
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