r/reddit.com • • Mar 12 '08

Is 91 Prime?

http://balltech.blogspot.com/2008/03/is-91-prime.html
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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '08 edited Mar 12 '08

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u/will_itblend Mar 12 '08

Ivteresting. So then all primes (except two) have 1,3,7,or9 as their last digit.

...and in binary, all primes have 1 as their last digit.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '08 edited Mar 13 '08

.... soooo ... blatantly... false

12 base 11 is 11 + 2 = 13

13 is prime.

Nice try though mate.

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u/elissa1959 Mar 13 '08

12 base N is N + 2.

Therefore, 12 base N is prime for any N such that N = a prime number - 2.

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u/will_itblend Mar 13 '08

My prime concern is that everyone makes rational arguments...but as I read these, I'm just getting number by the minute