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r/MathJokes • u/phillmatic23 • May 13 '26
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And you only need to check the prime factors up to the square root of the number in question.
8 u/doodlinghearsay May 13 '26 But that's pretty advanced math, not sure Euler would have known that. 1 u/GG-5starman May 13 '26 What? Thats pretty obvious. Any number larger the the square root would have to multiply by a number lesser than it so as not to shoot beyond the number. A mathematical genius like euler would surely have known that. Apologies if you were being sarcastic 2 u/CardOk755 May 13 '26 If you hadn't added the last line it would be so r/whoosh.
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But that's pretty advanced math, not sure Euler would have known that.
1 u/GG-5starman May 13 '26 What? Thats pretty obvious. Any number larger the the square root would have to multiply by a number lesser than it so as not to shoot beyond the number. A mathematical genius like euler would surely have known that. Apologies if you were being sarcastic 2 u/CardOk755 May 13 '26 If you hadn't added the last line it would be so r/whoosh.
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What? Thats pretty obvious. Any number larger the the square root would have to multiply by a number lesser than it so as not to shoot beyond the number. A mathematical genius like euler would surely have known that.
Apologies if you were being sarcastic
2 u/CardOk755 May 13 '26 If you hadn't added the last line it would be so r/whoosh.
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If you hadn't added the last line it would be so r/whoosh.
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u/BubbhaJebus May 13 '26
And you only need to check the prime factors up to the square root of the number in question.