On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 2:40:48 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 5:53 AM Bruno Marchal <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > *To you agree with Euclid’s proof that there is no biggest prime >> number?* >> > > That is a physical question. It depends on if the expanding accelerating > universe has the capacity to perform a infinite (and not just astronomical) > number of calculations and I don't know the answer to that but I have > reasons to be somewhat skeptical. > > John K Clark >
1. There is a *proof* that "there is no biggest prime number". 2. The number of "prime numbers" is finite. Both can hold! @philipthrift -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/e6bfe396-7361-40a3-a4a9-d5c8dcf94ff0%40googlegroups.com.
