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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Math Memes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 8 months ago

John Conway proves that 91 is the smallest number which looks prime but isn't

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John Conway proves that 91 is the smallest number which looks prime but isn't

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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Math Memes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 8 months ago
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  • beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Some superstitious nerdy teenagers convinced small child me that 91 was a universal anomaly bc it’s 13 (bad luck) * 7 (good luck), so my weird brain never saw 91 as prime , & I can’t be the only person this happened to

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    No it’s 51

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      Naw, 5 + 1 = 6, 6 is divisible by 3, so 51 is divisible by 3.

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        I shared this at work recently and nobody cared. 3 6 and 9 are all kinda special.

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      Only if you weren’t taught (or were, but too long ago lol) the divisible by 3 rule - if the sum of the digits is divisible by 3, so is the whole number. 5+1=6 therefore 51 is divisible by 3! Bonus division rule - if it was also an even number and therefore divisible by 2, you could deduce that the whole number was divisible by 6.

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        Actually 51/3! Is 8.5

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          You bastard

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          !unexpectedfactorial@sopuli.xyz

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        Actually, 51 is not divisible by 3!

        It is divisible by 3

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          Hilarious.

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      Surely it’s 1? Looks prime, and some people will even argue that it is!

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        Its only factors are 1 and itself after all

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      Agreed. 51 looks prime AF.

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    I always felt that 21 should be, but nooo. Stupid 7

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      21 should be

      2 + 1 = 3, therefore 21 is divisible by 3 and is not prime. QED :)

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        9+1 = 10, therefore 91 is divisible by 10 and is not a prime … QED, I guess

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          In the right base, that might work.

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    It’s funny, but actually a good proof

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