On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Stephen Paul King < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Liz, > > Yes! Consider a universe with only 16 objects in it. > > > Our observable universe has less than 10^100 things in it, yet the HTTPS connection to my mail server relied on prime numbers of many hundreds of digits, far larger than 10^100. If numbers larger than things that can be counted can still have definite properties, then I would say 17 is still prime even in a universe with 16, (or for that matter 0) things in it. Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
