Jason, String theory predicts that there may be as much as 10^90 Calabi-Yau compact manifold per cc. Richard
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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. > -- 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.
