I have engaged in the following email discussion with Allen. I hope that most of you here grasp what I am doing...
Ian Ian W Halliday, BA Hons, SA Fin, ATMG, CL +44 772 546 2965 (GMT+1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianwhalliday ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Allen Poapst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 30-Sep-2006 20:38 Subject: Re: [Prime] Prime sequence formula To: Ian Halliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 9/28/06, Ian Halliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Allen, > > You'll probably know by now that your email was forwarded to a list of > people interested in prime numbers. > Obviously I don't want to know the formula you have, because you'll > want to keep it secret for the time being, but I wonder whether you > can give me some indication of what sort of formula it is. > Is it a polynomial like a + bx + cx^2 + dx^3 ... > or an iteration, where f(n+1) is dependent on f(n) > or something with exponentials, or sines or cosines > or something more exotic? > I'd be interested in looking into your formula in some detail, as it > would be a very significant piece of mathematics, but probably there > will be lots of people who will dismiss it because this sort of thing > has never been done before. It's the sort of thing I was interested in > when I was studying number theory in the early 1980s. Of course, > computer power wasn't so easily available for checking my work back > then... > I hope to hear from you shortly. > > Regards, > > Ian Hi Ian, Thank you for your interest. The professor I am with right now to publish this says that it would be a great addition to mathematics, and wants me to publish it ASAP, but I am currently getting the forumla as elegant as possible and explained in detail first, since it is pretty easy to understand the concept, yet hard to write down as a formula. I would like to keep this formula secret, though it is not polynomial, no sins or cosins, it does have some recursive elements in the formula. I came up with this formula for an assignment in one of my classes last winter, when I needed to look into prime numbers, it only took me a week to come up with it. Then I tested it with my program and it works up to at least 5 million. I'll e-mail it in detail once it is published, because it would need to be proved by someone. _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
